EL PASO, Texas ( KTSM ) — Assistant District Attorney John Briggs has filed an explosive wrongful termination lawsuit against El Paso County stemming from his dismissal during the Yvonne Rosales administration.
The lawsuit alleges Rosales was a “colossal disaster as the El Paso District Attorney. Her brief tenure was indelibly marred by incompetence and scandal so pervasive that it eventually culminated with her resignation, but only after she invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when asked to explain her actions.”
Briggs, a 25-year employee at the District Attorney’s Office who was at one time the lead prosecutor on the Walmart shooting case, was fired by Rosales in August 2022 amidst a massive controversy over who in the District Attorney’s Office may have conspired to send an e-mail to media impersonating the family of Walmart victim Alexander Hoffmann.
Due to the controversy and Rosales’ ongoing failure to file cases on time, which resulted in hundreds of case dismissals, she was forced to resign in December 2022.