First there was her drunken driving arrest, then a conviction and jail time. Next, Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg won a civil lawsuit to keep her elected office. Meanwhile, a separate criminal investigation found that her bad behavior in jail didn’t rise to the level of a crime. One would think that Lehmberg’s woes would be over. Not so.
Austin solo Kerry O’Brien, the same man who initiated the removal suit against Lehmberg, filed an ethics complaint against her on Aug. 8. The Texas Ethics Commission has five days to determine to accept or reject it. O’Brien alleged an issue with her campaign finance reports involving more than $227,000 in attorney fees she paid to Austin firm Richards, Rodriguez & Skeith, which defended her against the civil removal suit. She won and remained the district attorney.
