Justin Eichorn, the Minnesota state senator who was charged on Wednesday of allegedly soliciting prostitution from a detective posing as a 17-year-old girl, resigned on Thursday after being ...

One week after being arrested and charged with attempting to solicit sex from a minor, former State Sen. Justin Eichorn is now facing a divorce. Brittany M. Eichorn of Grand Rapids filed for divorce Monday in Itasca County,

The wife of Minnesota state senator Justin Eichorn, who was arrested last week in an underage sex sting, has filed for divorce — on the same day he was hit with extra charges. Brittany Eichorn, who shares four children with Eichorn (R-Benton),

Eichorn was arrested during the course of the investigation and was brought into federal court last week. Court documents state that Eichorn is representing himself in the ongoing divorce case.

A Republican politician who in the past has scrutinized Democratic family values and morals faces state and federal charges for allegedly soliciting a minor.

Justin Eichorn, 40, was arrested by Bloomington Police on Monday after they said they had communication with the state senator. Eichorn gained national headlines earlier this week after he co-authored a bill in the Minnesota Senate wanting to define "Trump derangement syndrome" as a mental illness.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called a special election for a northern state Senate seat to replace former Sen. Justin Eichorn, who resigned last week following his arrest in an underage prostitution sting.

Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn (R) has resigned following his arrest earlier this week on a charge of soliciting prostitution from a 17-year-old girl, who turned out to be a police detective ...