Gascón advisor facing felony charges argues case is misunderstanding over public records
LOS ANGELES — A top official from the Los Angeles County district attorney's office is asking a judge to toss out 11 felony charges filed against her by state prosecutors, with her attorney arguing in a court filing that the allegedly confidential files she's accused of misusing were actually public records.
In April, California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta accused Diana Teran, then a top advisor to Dist. Atty. George Gascón, of illegally using confidential records about 11 sheriff's deputies when she flagged their names for inclusion in a database used by prosecutors to keep track of
