Harris DA investigator surfaces in fed's probe of ICE leak

Source: Houston Chronicle

An investigator for the Harris County District Attorney's Office allegedly accessed a confidential law enforcement database for a Texas private investigator on the Colorado Republican Party's payroll, according to records filed in federal court.

Much of the documentation outlining the alleged misuse of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database, which includes FBI records of criminal histories, was sealed by a federal magistrate judge in Denver on Tuesday.

The alleged abuse surfaced in a criminal case involving Cory Voorhis, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Denver, who was charged in October in connection with leaking information to representatives for then-gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez.

Beauprez was in a contentious race last year with the former district attorney in Denver, Bill Ritter, a Democrat who won the election.

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and rec'd

I'm sure he's not the only one.

The interesting thing about the investigator with the Harris County District Attorney's Office is that he is directly tied to the Republican Party hijinks in Denver. And of course the Harris County District Attorney says he had "no knowledge" of this. Reality is three people accessed the database. And yet only one was charged. Selective enforcement. The hallmark of the US Attorney Program. Prosecute enemies. Protect friends. Toss the least likely to prove a tie to you to the wolves. Look the other way with regard to those who might prove embarrasing. Or more to the point, look the other way with regard to those who might get you prosecuted as well.

The Republicans simply do not like our Constitution. So they are rewriting it. The law does not apply to them. And they are intent to ensure it never does.