Posted on 03/20/2018 7:21:36 PM PDT by Elderberry
Two weeks after voters denied McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna a third term in office, Reyna has fired one of his felony court chiefs.
Reyna fired Aubrey Robertson on Tuesday afternoon, and word of his dismissal spread quickly around the courthouse. Robertson, 34, has worked for Reyna since June 2014 and was promoted to felony chief in 19th State District Court about two years ago.
Neither Reyna nor his first assistant, Michael Jarrett, returned phone calls Tuesday afternoon. Robertson declined comment on his termination.
A source who spoke to Robertson after he was fired said Reyna and Jarrett told him the official reason was for "insubordination and not following office policy."
However, the source and other courthouse sources familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity said Reyna questioned Robertson's loyalty after Robertson was seen talking to Barry Johnson in Robertson's office in the days following Johnson's 20-point victory over Reyna in the March 6 Republican primary.
Robertson, who was a prosecutor in Harris County for three years before moving to Waco, was featured prominently in one of Reyna's political ads this past campaign season. Robertson is sitting second chair at the counsel table with Reyna and is seen leaning over and conferring with Reyna, while other members of the DA's office are seen as spectators in the courtroom background.
Johnson, who faces independent candidate Daniel Hare in November, said he spoke to Robertson about filling out court announcement forms. He said Robertson congratulated him on his primary victory and gave him the form he was supposed to sign.
"That was really all there was to it," Johnson said. "We went to his office and sat down and he filled out the form.
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Reyna is some piece of work. What disasters he leaves in his wake; what destroyed and damaged lives.
I hope bad things happen to him.
He deserves everything that happens to him.
Sounds like the fascists are trying to sneak away.
Well at least he’ll have free time to appear in court repeatedly as a witness under oath.
IBTG.
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