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Rosenthal Contempt Hearing Delayed

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"Prosecutor's contempt hearing ends abruptly after hard questions," is the headline of the AP report, via the San Antonio Express-News.A contempt hearing for Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal was abruptly postponed Friday following two hours of questioning in which he appeared to contradict earlier sworn statements about 2,500 e-mails he deleted despite a court order to produce them. Rosenthal's attorney, Ron Lewis, requested the delay just after the lunch break. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt did not set a date for the hearing to resume. Rosenthal, who testified he thought the e-mails were backed up elsewhere, could be fined or jailed if Hoyt finds him in contempt of court. More than 1,500 e-mails remained on Rosenthal's computer or were recovered, and Hoyt released a batch earlier this month that included pornographic, racist and political messages...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 04, 2008 (boomark / email).