Dawnna
Dukes, D-Austin, saying Monday that a felony case against the state lawmaker should never have been brought.
Admitting error, prosecutors drop charges against Rep. Dawnna Dukes
The
Dukes are now serving in Iraq and are not due back to their home base in Germany until next May.
Dukes survive
Travis County prosecutors were forced to put their felony case on hold last month after claiming another witness in the case had changed his story about the official paperwork that
Dukes was accused of having falsified.
Prosecutors drop 1 of 13 felony charges against Rep. Dawwna Dukes
There must be a better way to do this than by taking a sword to the
Dukes."
Dukes slam plan to `merge' regiments
Dukes' attorney countered that prosecutors should have known that those accusations were irrelevant to
Dukes' corruption charges and didn't have "a chance on God's green earth" of being admitted into evidence by a judge.
Attorneys for embattled state Rep. Dawnna Dukes allege unethical behavior by prosecutors
When the Tribune asked
Dukes about the DA office's deal Tuesday morning,
Dukes said, "I'm not talking about that right now."
Travis County District Attorney rescinds offer to drop charges against Rep. Dukes
Dukes surprised legislators and her constituents in January when she decided not to resign from the post she has held since 1995.
State Rep. Dukes pleads not guilty to abuse-of-office charges
Through a spokesman,
Dukes did not return repeated requests for comment.
Dukes resignation scrambles Austin state House race
Former staff members accused
Dukes of seeking reimbursement from the state for travel payments she was not entitled to.
As Inquiry Lingers, Rep. Dawnna Dukes Resigns, Citing Health Concerns
A call asking for comment from
Dukes was not immediately returned on Friday to the Tribune.
Former Dukes Staffer: Lawmaker Sought Payment for Days She Wasn't at Capitol
In February,
Dukes asked DPS to investigate whether her employees improperly released personnel information to The Texas Tribune.
Texas Rangers Join Criminal Probe of State Rep. Dawnna Dukes
The Texas Tribune reported in February that the auditor's office was investigating
Dukes' use of state workers for her personal project, the African American Heritage Festival, a nonprofit event
Dukes has overseen for 17 years.
Travis Co. DA Reportedly Investigating Rep. Dukes
Dukes," DPS spokesman Tom Vinger wrote in an email to The Texas Tribune.
DPS Investigating State Rep. Dawnna Dukes' "Concerns"
Dawnna
Dukes say they found their work a hectic balancing act, fitting in official state work with the Austin lawmaker's expanding list of personal errands - picking up her favorite blueberry pomegranate smoothie at McDonald's, taking her dogs to the vet and, often, babysitting
Dukes' daughter.
Dukes Staffers Recount Babysitting, Running Personal Errands
(https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-man-hospital-gown-iv-arrested-outside-illinois-hospital-disorderly-n1025191) Shaquille
Dukes , 24, had reportedly been admitted to Freeport Health Network Memorial Hospital for double pneumonia and also needed to receive treatment for asthma.
Man Arrested At Illinois Hospital Claims Race Was A Factor