Osage Nation Chief tried and removed from office

Osage Nation Principal Chief John D. Red Eagle was ousted from office Tuesday morning after a trial sustained five of the six counts against him.

His trial began Jan. 13 in the Osage Nation Congressional Chambers before a standing-room-only crowd.

The six counts included abuse of power, interfering with an Osage attorney general's investigation, refusing to uphold tribal law, withholding at least one contract properly requested under the Osage Nation's Open Records Act by two newspapers, and breaking federal and tribal law by using tribal funds to pay a contractor more than $70,000 to maintain his personal website.

The tribal congress also voted 11-0 with one abstention to disqualify Red Eagle from holding any future elected or appointed office with the tribe.

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