[Snickering Hound]

[Lord Casselreagh]

Didn’t Dionne Warwick and her friends tell her how this would all turn out?

[Red Badger]

I bet she didn’t see that coming!.................

[SpinnerWebb]

Here we go...

in a court filing that state Rep. Dawnna Dukes

Trying to make it look like she's a Republican. Only later in the article do they mention she's a Dem.

[Snickering Hound]

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Prosecutors-say-Texas-lawmaker-spent-51K-on-12218046.php?ipid=happening

Source the Houston Chronicle, clicked Post too fast...

[blueunicorn6]

The purpose of the Democrat Party is to elect thieves to public office so that they have access to the public treasuries in order to loot them.

[Artemis Webb]

GUILTY AS SIN!!!

[Gamecock]

I’ve had a lot of other paranormal stuff happen to me.
-George Costanza

[tired&retired]

[Boogieman]

At least a man would have blown the money on something substantial, like coke and hookers.

[tired&retired]

[vette6387]

Photo of today’s FIRST NITN! On an “average day” on FR there are three. On a “big day,” there are maybe six such “revelations of corruption and/or a murder or two.”

[djpg]

Misuse of $51,000 is only a misdemeanor?

[Robert DeLong]

[timestax]

bttt

[t4texas]

Who does she think she is, Nancy Reagan? Just kidding. Here’s the real scoop:

What Future for Dawnna Dukes?
D.A. to hold fire on felony charges, but Dukes not out of the woods
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER, FRI., SEPT. 22, 2017

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Dawnna Dukes (Photo by John Anderson)
The legal future of Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Pfluger­ville, is looking a bit cloudier at the moment, as the Travis County District Attorney’s Office announced last week that it will hold fire on the 13 felony charges she currently faces relating to abuse of office. The indictment, brought by a grand jury in January, contends that Dukes filed and received reimbursement travel vouchers for days she was not actually attending the Legislature. But on Sept. 14, D.A. Margaret Moore told the Statesman that her staff “recently received new, unexpected information pertinent to that case” that has “created a need for further investigation.” Which means Dukes’ big charges are off the stove, though she’s hardly out of the fire. Moore has not ruled out continuing with the 13 felonies, and Dukes also faces two charges of misdemeanor relating to using staff for private matters. Attorney Dane Ball (who, it must be noted, had previously asked the court – unsuccessfully – for permission to cease representing Dukes) said in August that Dukes’ legal team would continue to defend her when the case comes to trial on Oct. 16, and the clock is ticking on that date. Yet even a ruling there may not have much impact on Dukes’ professional future. She’s spent the past year fending off challengers to her state seat, including attorney Chito Vela and former City Council Member Sheryl Cole. Both have been running more on Dukes’ poor attendance record during the most recent legislative session, and troubled relationship with her precinct chairs, than any legal woes.

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