Government,
Criminal
Oct. 15, 2020
LA County officials trade requests for criminal investigations
The dispute raises questions about what approval is needed for the County Counsel to ask a client, the district attorney, to investigate and potentially prosecute another client, the sheriff.
Acting on a request from an attorney who represents Los Angeles County as outside counsel, District Attorney Jackie Lacey has begun investigating allegations that Sheriff Alex Villanueva falsely reported a crime when he accused the county's former chief executive of violating state conflict of interest statutes, according to documents and officials.
The request from Lawrence S. Middleton, a former federal prosecutor who went into pr...
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