But wait, his career as a government lawyer is not ended, as you might expect.
But Hall, 56, will keep his $31,000-a-year job as the civil attorney in nearby Fremont County, according to Prosecutor Joette Lookabaugh, a Republican who hired Hall in January.
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In a news release, Lookabaugh suggested Hall was singled out because of his notoriety.“I understand that political figures are held to a higher standard,” she said. “What is disturbing is the fact that often people who have devoted their lives to public service are not given the same benefits, or are treated more harshly, than the public at large. There seems to be a certain amount of political glee in striking down the well-known for any real or perceived foible.”
Some of the details of Hall’s “foible”:
Idaho Falls police reported that witnesses said Hall disposed of used condoms on the lawn of the woman’s house. Nineteen condoms were turned over to police, collected on 10 different dates, according to a police report. Both Hall and his lawyer acknowledged the condoms belonged to him, according to a police report.
Also, between March and August, Hall repeatedly followed the woman to restaurants, the movies and her home, and he ignored her repeated requests that he leave her alone, according to police and court records.
The victim testified Friday that Hall once followed her to a Walmart and took her car keys and would not return them until she agreed to “hear him out” concerning her marriage, the Idaho Falls Post Register reported.
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Harding has been a judge for 18 years in 6th Judicial District and was assigned the case in the 7th District because of Hall’s many connections in the region’s legal community. Said Harding: “I’ve never seen (a stalking case) this extensive where it lasted so long and (was) such an invasion of privacy.”
Both county prosecutors are Republicans. One of them is not an idiot.
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if Hall and Lookabaugh were Democrats. I think the Fox News commentater-tots would be all over this. For weeks. They’d probably round up a couple of thousand people and have another million-man tea party over it.
And we would condemn them for it.