Public Integrity Unit to Investigate Political Corruption

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Published March 5, 2007 at 11:10 AM PST

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The San Diego district attorney's office wants to target political corruption in San Diego County. The new Public Integrity Unit uses criminal grand juries to investigate possible wrongdoing by publi

Tom Fudge: The local news of the past several years has been full of stories of political corruption. And most of the high-profile stuff has been prosecuted by our region's U.S. attorney. But now the San Diego district attorney has created a special unit to investigate and prosecute cases of official corruption. Last week, San Diego D.A. Bonnie Dumanis announced the formation of the Special Operations Division.

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Patrick O'Toole , San Diego deputy district attorney in the Special Operations Division

Leon Schorr , San Diego deputy district attorney in the Special Operations Division.

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