Posted on 09/22/2016 6:58:57 AM PDT by Wneighbor
WACO, Texas (KWTX) A question about who is paying legal bills for District Attorney Abel Reyna could delay a decision about whether Reyna should be disqualified from prosecuting Twin Peaks biker cases.
Dallas attorney Clinton F. Broden, on behalf of his client Matthew Clendennen, of Hewitt, filed a motion in 54th District Court on Tuesday, asks District Judge Matt Johnson to force Reyna to answer their questions or, failing that, to hold a new hearing on the matter.
Reyna called Broden’s new motion frivolous.
“This is yet another motion without merit and an attempt at delay,” Reyna said Wednesday.
During the initial hearing on recusal on August 1, Broden asked Reyna a series of questions about who is paying his legal fees in connection with the lawsuits, each of which Reyna responded to.
“I answered each and every question asked of me regarding civil lawsuits, my defense to those lawsuits and my potential exposure, no matter how remote.
“To claim otherwise is false, misleading, and defamatory,” Reyna said.
It already is public knowledge who is paying Reyna’s legal bills because the agreement that McLennan County has with the Texas Association of Counties includes legal representation up to $500,000.
Seems to be some curlicue of the law in which he could end up liable, making for a figurative hot seat for him.
The only sensible thing would be to pass stewardship of the prosecution to someone who wasn’t in the thick of the action against the narsty bikers, but Abel keeps on wanting to be the hero here.
We know the bikers are bad. We don’t expect governments to be.
IBTG.
[We don’t expect governments to be] ... well, we don’t, inasmuch as we have some kind of democratic, or indirect democratic, influence over them. Pragmatically we shouldn’t be surprised. In a place that can give us a Barack Obama as a president, lesser follies should scarcely surprise us.
It looks like this fight of ego is going to beckon on a backlash; of what exact kind remains to be seen. And it will way transcend the issue of some bikers, of whatever ill repute.
Abel isn’t after being a hero.
That ship sailed (actually, he sunk it in the harbor) long ago.
Narsty bikers, murder conspiracy!
I would mean, of course, as he sees it. It’s got to be a heroically sailing ship on the bottom of the harbor.
The County must decide if he was acting within scope of employment and then make a decision regarding the use of what is probably a joint liability insurance policy. It is common for police to carry a liability policy, because you can’t alway trust your department to support you in court.
It is, and it protects them from frivolous lawsuits...such as this one.
What problem does Reyna have with answering this simple question?
My issues with this include the fact that Reyna overreached his position by inserting himself inappropriately into the investigation and then ordering law enforcement to jail almost 200 men without enough grounds to be Constitutional. And the fact that those arrests violate 8th amendment right with excessive bail. Personally, I also think the numerous arrests violated the rights of many due to loss of jobs and property.
Those issues aren’t the focus of this article but definitely related as those violations are why Reyna is facing the civil suit. Fortunately for my blood pressure, I live in an adjacent county or I’d be very ticked off at my tax money going to support the DA who I personally think brought on this suit by actions outside his jurisdiction. I’m not a lawyer so don’t know the real legal ins and outs, just a taxpayer who thinks stuff like this is robbery to the tax base.
That makes sense. As I replied to a previous post, I just see Reyna’s action of ordering the massive arrests after law enforcement had decided to let them go as exceeding his job. Adding in Constitutional violations, I don’t think the county citizens should have the tax burden of paying Reyna’s civil defense. Even if there’s liability insurance there will be added cost to the tax base. I am thankful I live across the county line.
Yeah, wbat you said.
I wish that it was because he know he messed up and doesn't want to admit it. But, I think it's because he thinks he's above it all and should not be questioned in his authority.
The bonds were excessive. I feel detaining and identifying all the people at the riot was important. One could do that and cut a majority of those people loose without an arrest. I would have arrested anybody in Bandido and Cossak colors and select support clubs. The police know which clubs are paying protection and which ones are actually supporting the Bandido criminal enterprise.
It’s public knowledge, duh ...
“I would have arrested anybody in Bandido and Cossak colors and select support clubs.”
That is basically what happened.
He answered ...
He answered ...
There is a difference between arresting associated clubs and arresting the “mom and pop” clubs that are paying tribute the to Bandidos to ride in Texas.
Why are you still here?
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