Posted on 08/17/2014 5:07:14 AM PDT by Kaslin
You ought to see this video first. This is the dash cam footage from the patrol car that pulled over Travis County D.A., Rosemary Lehmberg for DWI.
< href=http://youtu.be/JrxsCH_p1oc>Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmberg Drunk Driving Arrest Dash Cam
Here is the booking video when she was taken into custody.
TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY LEHMBERG'S BOOKING FOOTAGE KOKE FM 042113
Rick Perry thought her to be a disgrace, and wanted her to resign. She didn’t. So he took the next step and threatened to veto funding for her office. In response, a grand jury handed down an abuse of power indictment for coercive use of a veto late this afternoon. So the woman who was belligerent and intoxicated stays, Rick Perry is the bad guy and needs to go. Right. Got it.
Update: In case you want to give Lehmberg the benefit of the doubt, here is what her blood alcohol level was at the time of her arrest and booking, according to her attorney, David Sheppard.
District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg has pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, was sentenced to 45 days in jail and immediately taken into custody.
Lehmberg’s blood alcohol level registered at 0.23 when she was arrested April 13, her attorney David Sheppard said.
APD routinely does blood draws for DUIs.
They took a blood specimen of you watch the booking video.
Much more accurate.
I don’t understand why she hasn’t been disbarred.
Exactly.
Right now RP goes to the top of my Republican picks for 2016.
Sorry, I was referring to the field video where they kept trying to show her how to walk the line, etc.
Ditto Chris Christie, Scott Walker and Bob McDonnell. The libs are using the Judiciary to tie up any potential conservative politicians and ideas.
This picture will look good when it’s presented by Perry’s lawyer in court.And if the judge doesn’t allow it to be shown in the courtroom it will look good when it’s shown to the press at the courthouse steps.
You can't *make* them do it.However at least some states (if not most) have laws that say if you refuse your license is automatically suspended for "X" number of months/years.
Bfl
A fat old drunk lesbian - well, it is Austin so there's millions of those here, but really, this entitlement mentality of the statists is really unacceptable. Had this drunk been in the private sector, it would have been rehab or immediate termination
Just as Clinton's impeachment trial was not about sex, this is not about drinking. It is about the District Attorney in charge of the State's Public Integrity Unit using her position to enable life-threatening behavior - driving drunk to the point of unconsciousness on the wrong side of the road - and, when apprehended, pulling the "Do you know who I am?" card to try to get out of jail.
Even over at the DUmp, there's a handful of poster begrudgingly defending Gov. Perry on this, and otherwise he's absolutely loathed at DU.
The unit has prosecuted many corrupt officials thru the years, including democrats. But most are not high profile.
So if you try to make the argument that the corrupt official unit is itself corrupt because it prosecuted 2 high profile republicans, the numbers overwhelm your argument.
If you try to say the prosecution of Tom Delay was corrupt or political in nature, that doesn't hold water either. The campaign money was laundered and the men that worked for Delay pled guilty and were convicted.
Delay's defense was that he didn't do it, didn't know about it, the other men did it on their own.
So in the initial trial, Delay was convicted, and he appealed to the 3rd Court of Appeals, who overturned the conviction.
Then Lehmberg appealed the 3rd courts decision to the State Court Of Criminal Appeals, which is the highest criminal court in Texas. They agreed to hear the case.
When Lehmberg had her "episode", Perry saw the chance to put an end to Delay's prosecution.
Perry first threatened to veto/cut off all funding to the Public Corruption Unit. Then he met with Lehmberg and said he would find her another job if she would resign because if she resigned, Perry could appoint here replacement and he would appoint someone who would squash the Delay prosecution.
Lehmberg refused that deal so Perry went ahead and vetoed/cut off all funding to the unit which would end the Delay prosecution. But the county came up with some money to keep a scaled back unit operating.
It wasn’t “overdrinking.”
It was driving while intoxicated. Very intoxicated.
Police arrested her after another motorist called 911.
Video/audio shows that the cops didn’t even know who she was until after she made a fool of herself during the field sobriety test.
Update: In case you want to give Lehmberg the benefit of the doubt, here is what her blood alcohol level was at the time of her arrest and booking, according to her attorney, David Sheppard.
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At the time of her arrest on Friday, April 12, Lehmberg refused to provide a breath test or blood sample when she was arrested for drunken driving, requiring deputies to obtain a judge-approved search warrant, according to court documents.
Results from a blood sample analyzed by the Texas Department of Public Safety found that she had a blood alcohol level of .239.
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Governor Perry wanted her to resign, because of her behavior. That is why she indicted him
Same here
A Lemberg website but has some interesting news articles about the resignation issue.
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