FILE - North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley talks with other state officials before a meeting, Sept. 29, 2023, at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D. Deleted emails of the state's late attorney general, thought to be erased forever, have been recovered — and authorities are now looking at them as part of their case against a former state lawmaker accused of traveling to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor. On Monday, March 4, 2024, Wrigley said about 2,000 state emails of his late predecessor, Wayne Stenehjem, were recovered in a backup from Stenehjem's personal cellphone. (AP Photo/Jack Dura, File)
FILE - North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem speaks in Bismarck, N.D., July 18, 2019. Deleted emails of the late attorney general, thought to be erased forever, have been recovered, Monday, March 4, 2024 — and authorities are now looking at them as part of their case against a former state lawmaker accused of traveling to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)