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Lawyer: State Offer Triggered Rosenthal's Exit

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That the headline of a report in today's Houston Chronicle written by Brian Rogers.  LINKChuck Rosenthal's resignation last week came in response to a straightforward offer from the Texas Attorney General's Office, his lawyer said Monday: Step down, and we'll stop investigating you. Defense lawyer Ron Woods, a former U.S. attorney, said the now-former Harris County district attorney accepted the offer on Thursday, a day before Rosenthal rival Lloyd Kelley filed a lawsuit seeking to force him out of office for incompetence, misconduct or intoxication. Woods said the investigation into improper computer use by Rosenthal was disruptive, and Rosenthal decided he'd had enough. "I relayed the attorney general's position that they would end the removal investigation if he resigned, and he made the decision to resign on Thursday," Woods said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 19, 2008 (boomark / email).