Page 5 of the Investigation Report referenced comments made by a reporter for the Bismarck Tribune.
Towards the bottom of Page 5 of the Investigation Report, it documented a statement made by a reporter from the Bismarck Tribune. See the image below. |
| Page 5 of the Investigation Report by Game and Fish referencing the statements made by a reporter. |
Here is what the report says, "On April 23, 2019 Winkelman received a telephone call from Travis Svihovec, reporter from the Bismarck Tribune. Svihovec stated taht he was checking on the status of the state record walleye because he had contacted VOLK and VOLK told him he would not comment because Game and Fish was investigating the fish because there was a chance the fish was not hooked legally. Winkelman confirmed that there was an open investigation and no further comments would be made while the investigation was open."
I never stated "there was a chance the fish was not hooked legally." The statements published in the Investigation Report were made by a reporter and were NOT my statements. I was adamantly consistent in my statements that my walleye was hooked and caught legally in the mouth and never once wavered from this belief. Please read POST 17 for more details.
I maintained my stance the walleye was hooked legally and never once wavered from that stance.
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Why were words twisted in the investigation report to make it sound like I said something I didn't? Better yet, why would someone want to mislead you (or the State's Attorney) by making it sound like I stated something I didn't?
It is a crime for a state agency to knowingly mislead in official, written communication.It should have been clarified in the report the statements made by the reporter were his own, not mine.
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