Feds charge South Texas DA with racketeering

“A sitting district attorney in South Texas has been federally indicted, accused of working with his former law partner and others to operate the local justice system as a criminal racketeering enterprise.” Cameron County D.A. Armando Villalobos “is currently running for election to a seat in the U.S. Congress.” [ABA Journal]

3 Comments

  • Really? We can play “Name That Party” with the ABA Law Journal?

  • Hey, it’s convenient to have would-be congresscritters show up pre-indicted!

  • Incredible irony given OB’s misuse of the IRS with the Tea Parties and the outing of Romney supporters and just how bad a Dem does one have to be to get on OB’s DOJ radar.