Likely continues to do so, with a little help from his friends.
Poor Lehmberg just couldn't stomach any more controversy. She's been cowed by the spin applied from Rick Perry's legal team and the governor's supporters reacting to his abuse of office indictments, start to (eventual) finish. A classic conservative display of blaming the victim.
Care to guess how that's going to go?
With the Public Integrity Unit gutted by the Lege's new budget and to be eventually relocated out of Travis County, there will be no watchdog left on the unitary rule of the Grand Old Party in Texas. Not that there was all that much before. When the appeals court judges are also bought and paid for, you can't even get a conviction against Tom DeLay for money laundering to stick.
This is what Texans voted for last November, however (and in every midterm election for at least the past twelve years). This is also what the Texans who were too busy/lazy/stupid to vote also voted for, whether or not they will ever figure that out.
The Travis County district attorney’s office has concluded its investigation into securities law violations by Attorney General Ken Paxton without filing charges.
An investigation by the agency’s Public Integrity Unit determined that Travis County lacked jurisdiction over the Paxton allegations, District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg said Thursday.
“Any conduct that might constitute an offense occurred outside of Travis County, and venue for any further investigation would be in the county where the conduct occurred,” Lehmberg said in a statement.
Poor Lehmberg just couldn't stomach any more controversy. She's been cowed by the spin applied from Rick Perry's legal team and the governor's supporters reacting to his abuse of office indictments, start to (eventual) finish. A classic conservative display of blaming the victim.
Lehmberg’s office referred the case to prosecutors in Collin and Dallas counties, she added.
Care to guess how that's going to go?
Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis, a Republican, is a longtime friend of Paxton. Bill Dobiyanski, the first assistant district attorney under Willis and chief of the felony trial division in Collin County, declined to say whether the office would investigate the matter.
Dallas County District Attorney Susan Hawk has issued a statement indicating her office has no avenue to pursue a case against Paxton, if one were warranted.
She said that after a discussion with Gregg Cox, the head of Travis County special prosecutions, “at this time, we are not aware of having venue over any alleged crimes committed in Dallas County by Attorney General Ken Paxton.”
With the Public Integrity Unit gutted by the Lege's new budget and to be eventually relocated out of Travis County, there will be no watchdog left on the unitary rule of the Grand Old Party in Texas. Not that there was all that much before. When the appeals court judges are also bought and paid for, you can't even get a conviction against Tom DeLay for money laundering to stick.
This is what Texans voted for last November, however (and in every midterm election for at least the past twelve years). This is also what the Texans who were too busy/lazy/stupid to vote also voted for, whether or not they will ever figure that out.
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Plus, as much as the Perry case will cost, she probably figured the Travis Commissioners Court wouldn't want to spend yet more on a Paxton case.
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