Lots of Democrats change parties to get elected in TX and sometimes it works.
This die-hard liberal, Democrat District Attorney of Travis County, Rosemary Lehmberg, is the one that went after Rick Perry.
“Paxton was not allowed to present his side of the story to the grand jury, despite an agreement with the prosecutors that provided him that right.”
Very few people ever get to present their side to a grand jury. Typically, the prosecutor is the only one that presents.
Indicting a Ham Sandwich.
The Texas prosecutors are “wild west.” Lock up anybody on pretext, and throw away the key. The legal system is as big a joke as is the system in Floriduh. Maybe the heat fries their brains. “Good old boys.”
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Lots of Democrats change parties to get elected in TX and sometimes it works.
This die-hard liberal, Democrat District Attorney of Travis County, Rosemary Lehmberg, is the one that went after Rick Perry.
One huge difference Delay and Perry (and don't forget Kay Bailey) were railroaded in the leftwing stronghold of Austin. Paxton was charged in the Republican stronghold of Collin County. So I'd have to hear the evidence before I make up my mind on this one. Circumstances are completely different.
Byron Cook of Corsicana has a primary challenger on March 1; it is unclear if Cook is in any real danger though. The opponent is a scion of the Collin Street Bakery.
The people who did this to Paxton are the very same types trying to take down the people who video-taped Planned Parenthood selling baby body parts.
Using the tools of government law enforcement to reduce and imprison political opposition is crossing the Rubicon to totalitarian government.
It is pure organized crime, no better than sending a hit squad to shoot them.
In a place like Texas that has had a history of resisting tyrants with violence, it would seem like an exceedingly dangerous game.
Someone who can easily see that you want to imprison them for opposing you politically might just decide to blow out your lamp to repay the favor. Id love to be on that jury.
The process itself is intended to be the penalty, not any supposed conviction.
Such is leftist “lawfare.”