Surrounded by political corruption, leaders of Texas' ruling
party are clamoring to transfer the Public Integrity Unit from the Travis
County District Attorney to the Texas Attorney General.
An analysis of campaign contribution data finds that recent
Public Integrity indictees Tom DeLay and Kino Flores had much more in common with
recent Texas Attorneys General than they did with recent Travis County District
Attorneys.
A new Lobby Watch concludes that transferring the
Public Integrity Unit would reward crooked politicians by undermining
prosecutorial independence. Indeed, that may even be the legislative intent...