May 26, 2015 5:03 PM

El Paso Times: DPS says it accidentally released interview with Pickett to Stickland's lawyer

DPS Director Steve McCraw apologizes for Texas Rangers screw up

Marty Schladen of the El Paso Times with another big scoop today:

“In a letter to Rep. Phil King, R-Weatherford, DPS Director Steve McCraw said that an investigator with the Rangers inadvertently gave a recording of an interview of Rep. Joe Pickett, D-El Paso, to a lawyer for Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford.

Pickett in April questioned whether Stickland's staff improperly registered witnesses to testify before the House Transportation Committee, which Pickett chairs.

Pickett was suspicious that scores of witnesses who had no intention of coming to the Capitol had been registered in favor of Stickland's anti-red-light-camera legislation. That would amount to improper manipulation of the system, Pickett said.”