R.I.P. Scout26
A mug shot might improve his popularity with black voters
This is the new tactic of the left- use the full power of a friendly DA's office in conjunction with the press in order to endlessly harass and smear prominent republicans.In Wi, Scott Walker was investigated for 2 years under a 'john doe' investgation initiated by the milwaukee DA's office. Several republicans in key positions had their offices and homes ransacked with files and computers confiscated. No charges were ever brought and the cases were eventually ordered shut down by higher courts. The goal was never to find a crime but to use the power of the legal system to make life a living hell for a lot of people.This amounts to nothing more than political persecution, even more brazen than the IRS scandal.
He's got bigger electability issues, such as his 2012 debate vapor lock.
How hard is it to get a Grand Jury Indictment? I thought it was pretty easy.
Indictments are sometimes disturbingly easy to secure. The GJ is deciding if there is sufficient evidence to recommend assessment by trial. Nothing has to be "proven" and presentation is everything. Flimsy evidence can be made to look concrete, or a DA with impressive oratory skills can sway the jury's decision with force of will alone. A simple straight majority vote is all it takes.
I seem to remember the same play being run a few years back on Tom Delay. Was that Travis County also?
Same county. Different Democrat prosecutor I think.