Assistant District Attorney Victoria Adams says she was demoted after complaining about the district attorney’s policies.
“These lawsuits speak to George Gascón’s incompetence and lack of leadership,” Eric Siddall, vice president of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys, a union representing Los Angeles County prosecutors, said Thursday. “They prove that he’d rather be flattered than challenged. That he intentionally ignores the law to advance his ideology. That he doesn’t listen to experienced prosecutors.
The lawsuit says Gascón also appointed several political supporters as special advisers to his leadership team, causing some turmoil. The lawsuit also states within hours of being sworn into office on Dec. 7, 2020, Gascón gave head deputies, directors, and assistant district attorneys less than two hours to read his new directives and ask questions.
Adams also reportedly told Gascón that prosecutors were refusing to comply with the directive, but he refused to take action against them. “After making her disclosures, plaintiff was ordered into a meeting with Gascón and Iniguez, where she was told not to concern herself with Middleton’s operation because non-lawyer Dorinne Jordan, would handle all issues concerning Middleton’s employment and that Middleton would report directly to Gascón,” says the suit. “Plaintiff was further ordered to give Middleton whatever hewanted.
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