Chuck Rosenthal (district attorney)

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Chuck Rosenthal
District Attorney of Harris County, Texas
In office
January 1, 2001 –February 15, 2008

In a federal court case, emails in the Harris County District Attorney's office were under subpoena. [9] Some of those emails exposed his extramarital affair with his secretary as well as being found to be using government computers for campaigning and receiving and sending racist emails.

After an emergency meeting with local GOP leaders, the GOP asked him to step aside and to not seek reelection. On January 4, 2008, he announced that he would not seek reelection, but would finish out his current term. [10] [11] [12]

Other controversies included:

Personal life

Rosenthal was married to Cindy Rosenthal, [22] a retired FBI Special Agent. [3]

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  2. ↑ Nichols, Bruce (September 3, 2001). "With Yates case, new Harris DA gets chance to define his style: Pursuit of death penalty brings comparisons with his predecessor". The Dallas Morning News .
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  4. ↑ "Lawrence and Garner v. Texas" . Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  5. ↑ Tushnet, Mark (2005). A Court Divided: The Rehnquist Court and the Future of Constitutional Law . New York: W.W. Norton & Company. pp.  169–70. ISBN   978-0393327571.
  6. ↑ Carpenter, Dale (2012). Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas . New York: W.W. Norton & Company. pp.  189–91, 214–6, 234–47. ISBN   978-0-393-06208-3. OCLC   761383909.
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  8. ↑ Shay, Miya (2008-02-15). "Rosenthal Resigns!". ABC13.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-31. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
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