Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón was hit with a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit—less than a week before voters will decide whether to re-elect him—alleging he passed over a prosecutor for a promotion because she criticized him to reporters.
Deputy District Attorney Tatiana Chahoian said in a complaint filed Thursday that Gascón sent armed officers to hand-deliver her a notice that she violated DA office media policy after she appeared on the news in February to criticize his encouragement to recommend light sentences for reckless driving cases.
Chahoian was then denied a promotion for which she was eligible, she said in ...
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