Hidalgo’s staffers were indicted on felony charges related to how they allegedly helped award an $11 million contract to a political consulting firm headed by a Democratic strategist.
, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said she will hand the criminal case into Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo’s former staffers over to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office — in a bid to keep the case alive after she leaves office at the end of the year.
"The reason I'm taking this action is to safeguard the public's interest and trust in our government," Ogg said."The people of Harris County have a right to expect that their elected district attorney will prosecute corruption committed by public officials regardless of political affiliation." Ogg’s move places the case in the hands of Republican state officials who have sought often to undercut Harris County’s authority during Hidalgo’s tenure as the county morphed into a Democratic stronghold.
Republicans in Austin curtailed the county’s efforts aimed at boosting ballot access during the 2020 elections and have tussled with county officials over public safety spending. Recently, they’ve sought to kill the county’s guaranteed income pilot program, which aims to give some of the county’s poorest families monthly financial assistance using federal dollars.Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, a Hidalgo ally, blasted Ogg's move as a"new low.
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