Republican Politician + Sexual Impropriety, Its Like Bacon & Eggs

[DeSwiss]

Wash. prosecutor's sexual relations raise ethical questions

Aug 18, 2:55 PM EDT
By GENE JOHNSON
AP Legal Affairs Writer

CHEHALIS, Wash. (AP) -- The tomcatting of the elected prosecutor in this conservative rural town has jeopardized as many as four cases brought by his office and prompted a complaint to the state bar association.

Liam Michael Golden, a Republican who ran unopposed for Lewis County prosecutor last November, is facing allegations that he did not properly disclose past sexual relationships with the mother of a victim in one case and the mother of a defendant in another. His office also charged someone with cyberstalking a woman Golden had slept with, though Golden recently turned that case over to a prosecutor from neighboring Thurston County.

The fourth case involves a 16-year-old boy charged this month with providing drugs to the mayor's 20-year-old son, leading to his fatal overdose. Some locals have questioned why any charge was brought in that case and suggested it was timed to deflect bad press.

Golden, a divorced father of two, concedes the relationships but denies any impropriety in his handling of the cases. The Washington State Bar Association is reviewing a complaint made against him. His chief criminal deputy, Jason Richards, could also be in trouble for handling plea negotiations with a juvenile arson defendant knowing that Golden had slept with the boy's mother, court documents show.

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- The mother of the victim in one case. And the mother of the defendent in another. In the Republican mind-set, there's nothing "wrong or improper" here. In fact, screwing everyone this way actually balances everything out.....

[burythehatchet]

1. or franks and beans

[DeSwiss]

2. Yes, franks and beans can be arranged....

:P

[TheMadMonk]

3. Yes he should have recused himself.

Did anything bad happen? Buggered if I know. But let hope someone looks at the transcripts to see if there's any actual indication of impropriety before ordering retrials.

[DeSwiss]

4. Did anything bad happen?

I'm not sure. But in one case I believe the mother says she was being coerced into getting her son to plead out.

- No word on whether they're still dating though....