Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo spoke out Thursday afternoon after the dismissal of cases against her former staff members, calling the cases politically motivated and a waste of taxpayer dollars, ...
Charges against three former Harris County staffers have been dismissed in an alleged bid-rigging case. Judge Lina Hidalgo criticized the investigation.
Harris County taxpayers have so far reimbursed $1.5 million worth of legal fees for local officials who were investigated by former District Attorney Kim Ogg but never charged with crimes.
Alex Triantaphyllis, Hidalgo’s former chief of staff, was charged with misuse of official information and tampering with government records, along with fellow staffers Aaron Dunn and Wallis Nader. The ...