A Senate panel on Thursday discussed a new ethics complaint against embattled DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell, who faces two felony burglary charges. But members didn't take any further action.

For the first time since her arrest for burglary nearly a year ago, Minnesota DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell spoke publicly at a Senate Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct meeting regarding two ethics complaints against her.

The ethics committee overseeing Sen. Nicole Mitchell's ethics complaints hit a deadlock while trying to decide what to do about her position in the Minnesota Senate while her criminal case plays out in the courts.

Minnesota State Senator Nicole Mitchell (DFL-Woodbury) spoke to the Senate Ethics Committee for the first time without legal counsel present on Thursday morning, testifying against two separate ethics complaints filed against her.