One of Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon’s top advisers, Diana Teran, was charged a few months ago with 11 felonies for allegedly accessing police personnel files without permission to do so. The case was brought by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and came as a shock to many people. Why would Bonta, a Democrat, want to kneecap Gascon, a progressive Democrat, just as he was gearing up for reelection?
The answer to that question remains a mystery, at least to me. But the story gets even weirder because it’s not entirely clear that Bonta has a very strong case. Indeed, while the case started out with 11 felonies, three of those were dropped earlier this month by prosecutors. And this week, another two were tossed by the judge overseeing the case. That still leaves six of the original charges and the case will proceed to trial on those six. Here’s what Diana Teran is
