Judge Dredd is backpedaling faster than the DBs at the NFL Combine on this airline ticket issue. First she's adamant that she's done no wrong. But now, she's sent a letter (PDF) to the US Attorney for the Western District, Johnny Sutton. In this letter she offers to deputize anyone from Sutton's office to act as Bexar County ADAs and to investigate for prosecution ONLY in Bexar County and ONLY under state law.
So, what exactly is it she's offering? She knows that this was a FEDERAL investigation. She knows these were FEDERAL charges, but she offers to have FEDERAL prosecutors investigate for STATE charges and limit it only to her home county? This is a smokescreen.
If she had any inclination to have an independent investigation done she could simply appoint a special prosecutor. But doing it with the US Attorney she's passing the buck because there's no reason for Sutton to accept these "terms". The request to forward his "findings" to Texas AG Greg Abbott is hollow as well because she knows that Sutton won't accept. It's not even clear that he can.
And, this isn't the first time she's refused to have an independent investigation done as a result of a conflict of interest. Yeah, that worked out well.
When are the Bexar County Democrats going to sack up and run someone against her?
she's gonna find something to prosecute you for since you talked smack about her, lol.
Posted by: Maddie | February 24, 2008 at 11:17 PM