蒙大拿州陪审团裁定前参议院主席杰森·埃尔斯沃思因轻罪官员不当行为罪名成立 1。埃尔斯沃思被控在2024年12月底绕过正常的州合同审批流程，向与其长期商业伙伴有关的公司授予价值17万美元的非竞争性合同 1。
事件涉及埃尔斯沃思与商业伙伴布莱斯·埃格尔斯顿合作长达20年 1。埃格尔斯顿在2024年圣诞夜向埃尔斯沃思提交了针对Agile Analytics公司的合同 1。该公司在提交合同前数周才注册为蒙大拿州企业 1。埃尔斯沃思作为立法审计委员会主席，签署了不完整的协议，随后才提交给州官员进行合法化处理 1。
陪审团讨论近4小时后做出了有罪裁决 1。法院定于2025年9月10日对埃尔斯沃思进行量刑 1，其面临最高六个月的监禁 1。此外，埃尔斯沃思已于2025年4月被参议院禁止进入参议院大厅和委员会 1。
A jury has found Jason Ellsworth, former chair of Montana's Legislative Audit Committee, guilty of official misconduct for awarding a non-competitive contract worth $170,000 to a company connected to his long-standing business associate 1. The conviction was reached after approximately four hours of jury deliberation 1.
The misconduct occurred in late December 2024, when Ellsworth bypassed standard state contract approval procedures by signing an incomplete agreement before submitting it to state officials for approval 1. The contract was awarded to Agile Analytics, a company that had registered as a Montana business only weeks before the agreement was submitted 1. Ellsworth's business partner, Bryce Eggleston—with whom he has maintained a relationship spanning two decades—submitted the contract on Christmas Eve 2024 1.
Ellsworth faces sentencing on September 10, 2025, with a maximum penalty of six months in prison 1. In April 2025, the state Senate prohibited him from entering the Senate chambers and attending committee meetings 1.
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