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"A special prosecutor spent months calling witnesses and presenting evidence that Perry broke the law when he promised publicly to nix $7.5 million over two years for the public integrity unit, which is run by Travis County District Rosemary Lehmberg's office... Perry said Lehmberg, who is based in Austin, should resign after she was arrested and plead guilty to drunken driving in April 2013. A video recording made at the jail showed Lehmberg shouting at staffers to call the sheriff, kicking the door of her cell and sticking her tongue out. Lehmberg served about half of her 45-day jail sentence but stayed in office, despite Perry's assertions that her behavior was inappropriate."
Good Lord..the "Public Integrity Unit" headed by a lawyer arrested for drunk driving and served time in jail.
And this lawyer's job is to investigate political corruption.
I have no idea who legally is correct here but someone should have been able to fire this person.
On that I agree completely. The person involved on the DA side needed to be gone. The problem probably came about that being able to fire the person who is charged with investigating you if you commit a crime would be a serious conflict of interest.
Sooo.....I think he was doing the right thing, but he did it the wrong way. If found guilty I think a $10 fine, and 1 hour in jail would be an appropriate sentence.
Yes I know $10 might be excessive, but come on, if he is guilty we cant just let him off you know?
On that I agree completely. The person involved on the DA side needed to be gone. The problem probably came about that being able to fire the person who is charged with investigating you if you commit a crime would be a serious conflict of interest.
It would and as I've noted many times, this is a bigger picture thing than this one instance but as I said, *someone* should have been able to fire her. And they should have.
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Sooo.....I think he was doing the right thing, but he did it the wrong way. If found guilty I think a $10 fine, and 1 hour in jail would be an appropriate sentence.
LOL, that would make quite the photo op but yeah, I have no idea the legality of what he did. If not, he can't do it.
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Yes I know $10 might be excessive, but come on, if he is guilty we cant just let him off you know?
If you don't understand why someone who willfully breaks the law in a dangerous way to other people should not head a unit whose purpose is to make people obey the law.... Nobody can help you understand it.
No, I understand where you're coming from. I was just thinking that she heads up a watchdog group that monitors political corruption, and as far as I could tell she didn't actually commit corruption. But you make a good point. It still doesn't change the fact that what Perry did was perhaps illegal as well.
Governor Perry vetoed funding for an investigation into political corruption that was headed by somebody who needed to be investigated herself. He announced well beforehand he would veto the funds if she didn't step down. We ought to be cheering Governor Perry for his stand that people investigating corruption should themselves be free of corruption.
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