On April 17, Cape Girardeau County commissioners privately confronted County Auditor David Ludwig for using his county computer to view and print images of half-naked women. In the moments before Ludwig was called into the room, Presiding Commissioner Gerald Jones asked the county's prosecuting attorney, Morley Swingle, if what Ludwig did could be considered sexual harassment. Here is the audio of his question and Swingle's answer.
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