Today Senators and Senate staff were informed of a security breach that occurred overnight from Friday into Saturday morning. Senate Republican Leader Mark Johnson (East Grand Forks) released the following statement:

“I’m disappointed to learn that a major security breach occurred on Friday night and Saturday morning. We are living in a heightened threat environment. I expect the State Patrol and Capitol Security teams will thoroughly review what happened and give Capitol officials and staff, and the public, their assurances that this will not happen again.”