DA investigated the grand jury which is investigating possible problems with the Houston police department's DWI testing vehicles.
Harris County, TX - After denying any investigation into the grand jurors who for six months investigated her office, Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos disclosed that she directed her chief investigator to run "a cursory Internet search."
Meanwhile, sources say an investigation by the DA's office into grand jurors, two judges and a political opponent of Lykos was ongoing during the grand jury's probe.
On Tuesday, a grand jury ended its investigation of possible problems with evidence from the Houston Police Department's DWI testing vehicles and the DA's office involvement. The grand jury then accused Lykos' office of investigating them.
"I know nothing of that," she said at a news conference Tuesday. "I certainly did not authorize an investigation."
But Lykos surprised many when she issued a statement a day later saying that because her office was "unfairly attacked" she had ordered an Internet search of members of the grand jury. "We were simply trying to learn if there was a political motivation behind the attacks," Lykos said.
Lykos said she relied on assertions from Don McWilliams, her chief investigator, that there was no "investigation."
According to three sources familiar with the situation, McWilliams was asked by the district attorney's first assistant, Jim Leitner, to "investigate" at least two grand jurors "for the boss." The sources did not want to be identified because they were not authorized to discuss the situation.
Leitner called McWilliams at home on Oct. 22 after the grand jury began probing possible problems with evidence gathered by the HPD's breath alcohol testing vehicles, the sources said.
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