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Maryland attorney general...Doug Gansler is having a tough time explaining why he did nothing to stop the drunken festivities at a teenage party...attended by his son in June.... [The Democrat was photographed] wearing a white button-down shirt while he holds up a cell phone to capture a picture of a scantily clad female....

According to The Washington Post, Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler regularly ordered state troopers who were assigned to chauffer him around to turn their lights and sirens on while en route to routine appointments. He also directed them to bypass traffic by using the shoulder, run red lights and speed. Some troopers actually refused to comply. But, the Attorney General wouldn’t let a simple thing like the law get in his way. As noted in the story, Gansler simply turned on the lights and sirens on his own in many cases and took the wheel in others. He even...

From March 16, 2010 AIPNews.com report: On March 31, at approximately 10 am on the Floor of the House of Delegates, Delegate Don Dwyer will be bringing Articles of Impeachment against Maryland's Attorney General Doug Gansler. In an email to supporters this afternoon, Delegate Dwyer explains why the Attorney General should be impeached: Maryland in Constitutional CrisisMaryland recently recognized same sex marriages for the purpose of marital benefits. The recognition of same sex marriages performed in other states was not enacted by the Maryland legislature nor was it mandated by Maryland courts; rather it was the independent decision of Maryland's...

Baltimore Sun: A spokeswoman for Attorney General Doug Gansler said the probe will "involve everything," although she declined to say whether it includes the videos, which could constitute a violation of Maryland's two-party consent law. The article mentions that Gansler asked permission to initiate the investigation from Governor Martin O'Malley, whose office made the announcement via a press release. Neither O'Malley's or Gansler's website has a news release or other announcement about the ACORN probe as of yet. ACORN's spokeswoman told the Sun they "welcome" the investigation as a way to clear their name. Previously, Gansler had said the ACORN...

Annapolis, Md. (AP) - Democratic attorney general nominee Doug Gansler broke off campaigning to rush to an Annapolis courtroom Wednesday to testify in a lawsuit that was filed to try to remove his name from the November 7th general election ballot. The suit filed by a Prince George's County man, Nikos Stanford Liddy, alleges that Gansler has not met the constitutional standard that the state attorney general practice law in Maryland for at least ten years before taking office. The case centers on whether Gansler's activities before he was elected Montgomery County State's Attorney eight years ago constitute practicing law...