The Texas Rangers investigating the Harris County District Attorney’s Office asked Thursday for a special prosecutor to be appointed. State District Judge Belinda Hill, the administrative judge who oversees Houston’s criminal courts, said the investigative agency called and asked for a prosecutor pro tem to assist its investigation. Hill said she is mulling the request and could

District Attorney Pat Lykos walked out of her own news conference Wednesday rather than answer questions about a probe into her office. Lykos had called the news conference to talk about a new initiative to cut down on “public assistance” fraud. Something not on the press conference agenda — questions about whether the D.A.’s office

The Texas Rangers have asked that a special prosecutor be appointed to help with their ongoing investigation of the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. A spokeswoman at the Department of Public Safety confirmed the request was made of State District Judge Belinda Hill on Thurday afternoon.

An investigation in action Tuesday as Texas Rangers removed computers and recordings from the Harris County District Attorney’s office. We first reported last week the Rangers were investigating the office and that the DA herself claims to have requested the probe. Now Pat Lykos issued her first public statement about the issue she once said

Texas Rangers removed two computers and other documents from the Harris County District Attorney’s Office Tuesday as they launched an investigation.

Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos says she wants Texas Rangers to look into her office. We got the letter she wrote the Texas Department of Public Safety asking them to quickly investigate her activities with the grand jury. On Monday morning, she told her whole staff about it, but it came days after we

Could a convicted cop killer’s road back to death row be stalled as a result of an investigation into the Harris County District Attorney’s Office? The chances are slim that this death row inmate’s fate could be significantly changed as a result of the investigation. But the motion itself could be a symptom of a

One day after we broke the news about the FBI and Texas Rangers’ inquiry into the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, we have learned it could have an impact on the punishment for a man convicted of killing a police officer. It is hard to imagine how a convicted cop killer could use the DA’s

There’s no doubt Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos breathed a sigh of relief when a grand jury investigation into her office ended with no action, but the controversy seems to just keep going. Our sources are saying that the latest issue may actually be coming from the inside. Our sources suggest that the FBI

A week after a grand jury accused Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos of investigating jurors while they investigated her office, the FBI and the Texas Rangers have been interviewing district attorney employees about the probe. According to a source close to the inquiry who did not want to be identified, investigators with the two agencies