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Reported that the district attorney's largest donor was a real estate consultant under federal corruption investigation.More recently, Mr. Isaacks said a dismissal or decision not to prosecute "doesn't mean there was a quid pro quo or some kind of payoff or some kind of corruption going on. Sometimes justice requires that people be exonerated by the system."
Mr. Isaacks said he dismissed the charge against the first man, William Lee Mitchell II of Corinth, because a family-violence conviction could cost him his bail bond license. The DA estimated that the license is worth $200,000 to $300,000 in annual income.
"There was going to be a disproportionate impact on that old boy," Mr. Isaacks said. "He was going to lose his ability to earn a living."
Mr. Mitchell described the case against him as "a bunch of bull."
Mr. Isaacks, who is unopposed for re-election, said state law prohibits him from answering questions about the abuse allegation against lawyer Tim Powers. The district attorney would not elaborate and Mr. Powers refused interview requests, but other that the lawyer had persuaded a court to order all records of his case expunged. Texas law says a public employee commits a misdemeanor if he "knowingly releases, disseminates or otherwise uses" expunged records.