Perhaps there was a golden lasso involved...
Posted on 12/14/2007 2:13:33 PM PST by Huntress
Attorney General Paul Morrison today resigned from office in wake of a sex scandal.
During a news conference in the Topeka office of the attorney general, Morrison said he would step down Jan. 31.
His announcement came on the heels of a story published in Sunday’s edition of The Topeka Capital-Journal that detailed an extramarital affair Morrison had with Linda Carter, who had been director of administration in the Johnson County District Attorney’s office.
Before resigning from the D.A.’s office in November, Carter filed a federal sex harassment complaint against Morrison with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Carter also said Morrison had attempted to use their relationship to influence federal and state court cases involving Johnson County D.A. Phill Kline. Morrison, however, said he did nothing illegal.
On Thursday, the Johnson County Commission agreed to hire a special prosecutor to investigate blackmail, telephone harassment and other alleged criminal activity related to the sex scandal. Kline had requested funding for the special prosecutor from the commission.
Kline has yet to appoint the person who will serve as independent counsel.
That bracket should have been “[DEMOCRAT]”.
Whoo! Hooo!
Paul Morrison resignation ping!
Thank God!
No indication of party affiliation.Very curious.
Haha, this is rather funny. Morrison and Kline have this vendetta against each other. Just throw them in the ring and let them go at it.
I didn’t expect it to end this soon as well. Obviously things were as bad as reported, if not worse. Definitly going to be a strained Christmas holiday in the Morrison household.
Boy. If it were THAT Linda Carter you sure couldn’t blame the guy.
Interesting that they don’t identify his party. If he had been a Republican, it would have been in the headline. The media thinks we are too stupid to figure out their agenda?
(Ronnie) Earle (Travis County DA) Announces Retirement (Austin American Spokesman Friday, December 14, 2007)
The DA who abused the power of his office to take down DeLay (he still hasn't brought the case to trial).
It’s obvious he’s a Democrat since no party affiliation was mentioned in the press account.
Actually the actress Linda Carter was with Robert Altman who was convicted a banking scandal.
I heard about Paul Bartel (actor/director) flinging a barb at Linda one night at a film fest when he knowingly asked how her husband’s “new film” was going (knowing that her Robert Altmas was not the director and was then under investigation).
He used to be Republican, I think. At least he changed his registration to Democrat in order to run for Attorney General. But his logic on that was fair - says justice should not have a party affiliation, so better to be from both. Regardless of party, it is always a dissappointment when things like this happen - it is a drag on the whole system.
The Case of the Missing D.
The media will solve that mystery... SOME DAY.
Thanks for the link had not heard that good news before.
What will happen now to his good buddy and best benefactor, George “Killer” Tiller, Hillary Clinton’s favorite abortionist?
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