{"id":2329106,"date":"2024-08-22T10:54:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-district-attorney-ethics-aide-collecting-320k-salary-despite-felony-charges-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T11:01:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T15:01:30","slug":"la-district-attorney-ethics-aide-collecting-320k-salary-despite-felony-charges-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-district-attorney-ethics-aide-collecting-320k-salary-despite-felony-charges-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"LA District Attorney ethics aide collecting $320K salary despite felony charges &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fla-district-attorney-ethics-aide-collecting-320k-salary-despite-felony-charges-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2329106&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article \u2064discusses the situation surrounding Diana Teran,\u2063 a senior ethics aide to the\u2062 Los Angeles District Attorney,\u200d George Gascon, who is reportedly receiving a $320,000 salary despite facing felony charges \u2062from the California Attorney General. These \u200bcharges stem from allegations that Teran \u200dimproperly used confidential law enforcement records \u200bto compile a list of disreputable police officers\u2014known as the Brady List\u2014who \u200cprosecutors typically avoid using as witnesses. As of the end of June, after \u2062the charges \u2064were filed in April, Teran\u2062 continued to receive \u2064her salary, \u200bwhich is atypical for employees under criminal investigation, who are usually \u2062placed on administrative leave \u200dor fired.<\/p>\n<p>The charges against her initially included eleven\u2063 felonies, but some were dropped and\u200c others \u200cdismissed by a judge, suggesting that she may\u2062 not be found guilty.\u2063 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rising-baby-name-trend-could-become-the-new-normal-is-our-nation-in-danger\/\" title=\"Is the Rising Baby Name Trend a Threat to Our Nation?\">article raises concerns<\/a> \u200cabout whether the Los Angeles District Attorney&#8217;s office is \u200dcovering Teran&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-dems-want-taxpayers-to-fork-over-300m-to-help-illegals-avoid-deportation\/\" title=\"NY Dems Want Taxpayers to Fork Over 0M to Help Illegals Avoid Deportation\">legal defense costs<\/a>, which could mean taxpayers are funding both her prosecution and defense. Teran&#8217;s defense argues that the information \u200dused was \u2063publicly accessible, countering allegations that she accessed confidential data improperly. The ongoing developments in her legal case highlight issues regarding ethics and conduct within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/19-year-old-arrested-in-calif-for-double-murder\/\" title=\"19-year-old arrested in Calif. for double murder\">district attorney&#8217;<\/a>s office.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">LA District Attorney ethics aide collecting $320K salary despite felony charges<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1735567\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon&rsquo;s senior ethics aide has received at least two months of her $320,000 salary since felony charges were filed against her by the California Attorney General for allegedly improperly using confidential records when creating a list of disreputable police officers to ban from use as witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>If the LADA&rsquo;s office is paying for her criminal defense &mdash; which is yet unknown as the office has not responded to a public records request on the matter &mdash; taxpayers could be paying for both prosecution and defense in this case. However, with the dropping of three of the charges before the start of hearings, and a judge&rsquo;s dismissal of another two charges, there&rsquo;s a chance the prosecutor in question may not be found guilty of anything at all.<\/p>\n<p>According to documents obtained via a public records request by former Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Kathleen Cady, Los Angeles Ethics and Integrity Assistant District Attorney Diana Teran was still being paid her $320,000 salary as of the end of June, says the Los Angeles Association of Deputy District Attorneys.<\/p>\n<p>With charges first filed by California Attorney General Rob Bonta in April, this means Teran has been paid for at least two months after charges were filed. Government employees under investigation are often put on administrative paid leave while the investigation is underway. Because charges are only filed after an investigation has yielded results, government employees often have their pay suspended or are fired at this juncture, making it unusual that Teran is still being paid.<\/p>\n<p>Bonta originally filed eleven felony charges against Teran for accessing confidential law enforcement files for flagging officers for inclusion in the so-called Brady List of disreputable police officers prosecutors will try not use as witnesses. This list is considered a career dead end for officers included in the list.<\/p>\n<p>Teran is accused of having used data accessed while at the Los Angeles Sheriff&rsquo;s Department for consideration in the Los Angeles District Attorney&rsquo;s office, adding individuals who were not yet found guilty of misconduct but were still challenging such allegations. Prosecutors allege Teran only could have known about these ongoing proceedings via confidential data, while Teran&rsquo;s defense says all of this information was available via publicly accessible court records.<\/p>\n<p>A judge overseeing the case has dismissed five of the charges against Teran, noting that while Teran may have used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-senate-candidate-sean-parnell-suspends-campaign-after-custody-loss-im-devastated-by-court-decision\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania Senate Candidate Sean Parnell Suspends Campaign After Custody Loss: \u2018I&#039;m Devastated by\u2019 Court Decision\">public court records<\/a> to identify individuals for Brady List flagging, Teran could have used the LASD system to do further research.<\/p>\n<p>A state investigator found Teran added 11 names not mentioned publicly to her Brady list, resulting in the 11 felony charges. Three of those were dropped by the state before the trial started; two of the 11 officers had been fired for dishonesty, and the third was a civilian employee of unknown status.<\/p>\n<p>The judge overseeing the case threw out two of the eight remaining charges due to a lack of evidence that she had been tracking those individuals&rsquo; cases.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti, whose son Eric Garcetti recently served as mayor of the City of Los Angeles and is now ambassador to India, told the Los Angeles Times he can&rsquo;t see the issue with Teran&rsquo;s actions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a sad day when someone as fine a lawyer and as ethical and careful as she is was working within the scope of her authority and somehow that scope becomes criminalized,&rdquo; Garcetti told the Times.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1735567\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1735567\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LA District Attorney&#8217;s ethics aide continues to earn $320K salary amid felony charges (The Center Square) \u2013 A senior ethics aide for Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon has been paid her $320,000 salary for at least two months following the filing of felony charges against her by the California Attorney General. These charges stem from allegations that she misused confidential records to compile a list of disreputable police officers intended to be excluded as witnesses. It remains unclear whether the LADA\u2019s office is covering her legal defense costs, as they have not responded to a public records request on this issue; if they are, taxpayers could potentially be funding both sides of the case. Notably, three charges were dropped before hearings began and a judge dismissed two additional counts, suggesting that the prosecutor may ultimately avoid conviction. Documents obtained through a public records request by former Deputy District Attorney Kathleen Cady indicate that Diana Teran, Assistant District Attorney for Ethics and Integrity in Los Angeles, was still receiving her full salary as of late June. The California Attorney General Rob Bonta initially filed eleven felony counts against Teran in April for allegedly accessing confidential law enforcement files to flag officers for inclusion on what is known as the Brady List\u2014a designation that can severely hinder an officer&#8217;s career prospects. Prosecutors claim Teran accessed information while working with the Los Angeles Sheriff\u2019s Department regarding individuals who had not yet been found guilty but were contesting misconduct allegations; however, Teran&#8217;s defense argues this information was publicly available through court records. A judge overseeing the case has dismissed five charges against her based on insufficient evidence linking her actions directly to tracking those individuals&#8217; cases. Former LA County District Attorney Gil Garcetti expressed his disbelief over the situation in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, stating he sees no wrongdoing in Teran\u2019s conduct and lamenting how someone he views as an ethical lawyer could find herself facing criminal accusations while acting within her authority<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2329107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iStock-157308559-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38950,34412,38949,11543,32076],"class_list":["post-2329106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ethics-aide","tag-felony-charges","tag-la-district-attorney","tag-salary","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iStock-157308559-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2329106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2329107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2329106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2329106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2329106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}