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Republican charged with soliciting a minor resigns from Minnesota senate

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Justin Eichorn at the capitol in Minneapolis in 2017. Photograph: Glen Stubbe/Minneapolis Star Tribune via Alamy

A Minnesota state lawmaker who is accused of trying to buy sex from an underage girl resigned from the state senate on Thursday before his colleagues were set to vote to expel him.

Justin Eichorn, a Republican, was charged with a felony in federal court on Wednesday for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor after responding to online sex ads and trying to arrange a meetup with a 17-year-old.

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