A Little Closer Look At Cheney’s Accuser

Christopher Sherman at AP, last night::

RAYMONDVILLE, Texas (AP) – A county prosecutor who brought indictments this week against Vice President Dick Cheney and others pounded his fist and shouted at the judge Friday during a routine hearing. Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra asked Presiding Judge Manuel Banales to recuse himself from the case, which alleges abuse at federally run prisons.

Attorneys for the vice president and other defendants leapt to their feet in objection as Guerra pounded the table and accused Banales of giving the defendants special treatment.

“Now all of a sudden there is urgency,” Guerra shouted. “Eighteen months you kept me indicted through the election.”

Guerra lost his bid for re-election in the March primary and will leave office in January. He was indicted last year on charges he extorted money from a bail bond company and used his office for personal business, but the charges were dismissed last month.

Guerra said the judge was wrong to allow motions to quash the indictments to be heard before the defendants were arraigned.

Banales called a recess so he could try to contact the chief justice of the state Supreme Court for suggestions on how to proceed, and ordered Guerra, who had slipped out once during the hearing, to remain in the courthouse.

Guerra first said “I will not obey that order,” but then agreed to stay if the judge asked him respectfully.

I bring most of the article over and add the bolding so as to point out the mental condition of the this guy who is bringing charges against Cheney. This guy is apparently missing about half a loaf. Rejected by the voters in his area… likely because of his politics as much as for his inadequacy in the courtroom, he now seeks ‘respect’?

Had the judge slapped him with a well-justified contempt charge, it would have given the man another platform to perform his political extortion from.

Oh, there’s this, too:

RAYMONDVILLE – Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra was in the county jail Thursday facing three felony indictments.

Warrants were out for the arrest of Guerra’s longtime secretary Ofelia Guerrero and District Attorney’s Office investigator Marte Guillen, who each face a first-degree felony charge of theft by public servant.

Raymondville police arrested Guerra late Thursday morning after a grand jury handed down three indictments Wednesday night.

Nueces County state District Judge Nanette Hasette set bail at $10,500.

“I believe the charges are legitimate and I have every faith they will be sustained,” said Gus Garza, the special prosecutor in the investigation.

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Guerra faces felony charges of theft, attempted theft and a separate indictment alleging tampering with governmental records, perjury and abuse of official capacity.

So, not only a little nutzoid, but a felon, as well?

Well, not a convicted one. The charges got dropped… not because he wasn’t guilty but because they wanted to spare the county problems, by most accounts. The charges though, did result in his not being re-elected, and now he’s desperate to make a name for hiomself by going after the biggest target imaginable, The Veep, in this case… Here’s the thing; Guerra wasn’t defeated in the general election, there. He was defeated in the Democat party primary. So, how does Guerra respond? By trying to please his erstwhile masters by attacking the boogeyman of Democrats everywhere… Dick Cheney.

Just a bit closer look at what is really behind these charges against Dick Cheney.