![Jack Dura FILE - North Dakota Rep. Jason Dockter, R-Bismarck, chairs a meeting of the Legislature's interim Retirement Committee, Aug. 22, 2023, in Bismarck, N.D. On Friday, May 3, 2024, a jury in North Dakota convicted the state lawmaker of a misdemeanor in connection with a state-leased building he has ownership ties to. (AP Photo/Jack Dura, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/03e61c2004264a54ad34a55285d8ba5b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - North Dakota Rep. Jason Dockter, R-Bismarck, chairs a meeting of the Legislature's interim Retirement Committee, Aug. 22, 2023, in Bismarck, N.D. On Friday, May 3, 2024, a jury in North Dakota convicted the state lawmaker of a misdemeanor in connection with a state-leased building he has ownership ties to. (AP Photo/Jack Dura, File)
![Jack Dura North Dakota Republican state Rep. Jason Dockter, left, and his attorney, Lloyd Suhr, meet with others on the steps of the Burleigh County Courthouse in Bismarck, N.D., Thursday, May 9, 2024, after Dockter was sentenced to serve 250 hours of community service and pay a $2,500 fine after a jury convicted him of a misdemeanor in connection with a controversial state-leased building he has an ownership in. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0257e33e93c4488097a5ba537415fc7c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
North Dakota Republican state Rep. Jason Dockter, left, and his attorney, Lloyd Suhr, meet with others on the steps of the Burleigh County Courthouse in Bismarck, N.D., Thursday, May 9, 2024, after Dockter was sentenced to serve 250 hours of community service and pay a $2,500 fine after a jury convicted him of a misdemeanor in connection with a controversial state-leased building he has an ownership in. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)