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ensure the matter was reviewed and there was no appearance of a potential conflict of interest. Federal authorities ultimately found no wrongdoing and did not pursue any criminal charges. Mireskandari and his wife contributed $ 14,475 in monetary and in-kind donations to Ogg's campaign between 2016 and 2017. He was also a member of Ogg's campaign finance committee.
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A Harris County grand jury indicted three senior advisors to Harris County Judge Lina
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After an accidental release of confidential private health data for people detained in the Harris County jail by a new department created to oversee bail reform, Ogg launched a criminal investigation. No one was charged, but people within the department claimed that the investigation hindered efforts
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In 2022, her office released a report claiming that an increase in people charged with violent crimes who are being released from jail due to low bond amounts and then going on to commit more crimes. The
Houston Chronicle Editorial board criticized the report, stating in their headline that she was
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Kim Ogg has required that every instance in which a police officer shoots a civilian that the shooting be independently reviewed by prosecutors and that each case be presented to a grand jury to determine whether criminal charges are warranted. Civil Rights
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Ogg committed to continuing the office's shift away from the death penalty, stating that her office will only seek it in rare cases. Past administrations caused the office to be described as the "symbolic home of
American capital punishment." As of the start of Ogg's tenure in 2017, August 2014 was
290:"scapegoating misdemeanor bail reform" for a crime spike when the evidence did not support it. A monitor nominated by agreeing parties in the lawsuit appointed by the court found that misdemeanor bail reform has been successful in reducing misdemeanor arrests and reducing wasteful county spending.
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Houston Watch reported that she accepted over $ 25,000 of campaign contributions from Ali Davari, who owns strip clubs. In July 2019, Ogg's office dismissed the criminal charges against an alleged local gambling ring and referred the case by former contract employee Amir
Mireskandari to the FBI to
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After the raid, advocacy organizations called for Ogg to publish a "no call" list that her office maintains of police officers seen as unreliable potential witnesses due to behavior such as "lying, falsifying evidence, or making racist or violent statements." Her office has refused to release both
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Kim Ogg has investigated county elected officials and staffers several times after having public disagreements over issues such as bail reform, violence interruption program implementation, and her office's budget. Almost $ 1 million in taxpayer dollars were spent on legal fees for investigations
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During her tenure, dismissal rates have increased greatly with approximately half of felony cases ending in dismissal and over 70% of misdemeanor cases being dismissed by judges. Her staff suggest this may be a sign of successful pretrial diversion programs, however critics have countered this by
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it is illegal in Texas to carry a gun while in possession of cannabis. This has resulted in "dozens of cases being dismissed every month" because Ogg's prosecutors are unable to prove that people being arrested are carrying cannabis, which is illegal in Texas, rather than hemp, which is legal.
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Ogg began her legal career working for
District Attorney Johnny Holmes in 1987. She was appointed as the first director for Houston's Anti-Gang Task Force in 1994 and unsuccessfully ran for district judge as a Republican in the 1996 election. Ogg was the executive director of Crime Stoppers of
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fallout. Prosecutors asked a judge to make a determination on what material to release to defense lawyers. While many drug arrest cases, based on the work of those police officers, have been dismissed, Ogg's office has chosen to keep nearly all of the property seized from those defendants.
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Ogg has been critical of the way immigration has been handled by the Biden administration and ICE. Specifically, Ogg supports stringent detention of illegal immigrants whilst their immigration cases are pending. Ogg supported the “Justice for
Jocelyn” act introduced by Sen.
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go to the scene of each and every shooting. She has said that this is done to ensure that the community determines whether an indictment is warranted, and thus the officer is prosecuted, or the shooting be declared legal and thus, the officer cleared.
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was investigated by her public corruption unit for the unauthorized storage of art, and was later cleared by a grand jury. Ellis was a strong advocate for misdemeanor bail reform and critical of Ogg's late opposition to the settlement.
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839:"Harris County Voters: Kim Ogg Should Return Donations From Scandal-Plagued Strip Club Owner"
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1029:"How rhetoric about bail reform is shaping the upcoming election in Harris County"
1048:"Timeline: Key moments from DA Kim Ogg's ongoing feud with Harris County leaders"
918:"DA Kim Ogg files last minute objections to historic bail deal for Harris County"
866:"Ogg dismisses poker room cases, citing conflict with consultant and fundraiser"
669:"Kim Ogg Joins 'Democrats for Cruz' Coalition, Endorses Senator's Re-election"
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403:"COVER STORY: Harris County DA Kim Ogg Is America's Top Gay Cop"
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