DA George Gascn meddling in Menendez bros case blasted as a political stunt, desperate attempt to stay in office: sources

Ultra-liberal Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón’s decision to help free the Menedez brothers has contributed to serious uproar in his office.Colleagues claim the move is self-serving, with him interfering in a huge case to raise his profile as he battles to hang on to his position in a November election.“In the office there’s no support for Gascón,” a knowledgeable DA’s office source told The Post.“Ninety percent of the people in the office think he should be recalled.Everything he does is viewed as either political or self-motivated to further his progressive agenda.“That’s been a disaster in the way it has been implemented here.

That is why he’s in trouble in this election.”Gascon – formerly DA of San Francisco from 2011 to 2019 – has survived two recall attempts during his time in LA and is currently trailing rival Nathan Hochman by some 30 points in his reelection campaign.“He is, and you can quote me, a disengaged idiot,” John Lewin, deputy district attorney in the LA County office, told The Post.“He does not know anything about the law.

He does not know anything about the office.He rarely shows up for work.”Gascón, 70, has drawn a lot of attention since he announced he would review the case of Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were both sentenced to life for the 1989 double murder of their parents, earlier this month.Critics have seized on how he made the announcement just weeks after a highly popular new show and documentary about the brothers was released on Netflix.“It’s a coincidence, that’s what he would say,” opined John McKinney, a deputy DA in the LA County prosecutor’s office.“Other people would say that the stars don’t really align like that in real life.

Yes, the petition was filed in February.Yes, there was the movie.

But [he] didn’t take action until after the movie?”The office of the district attorney told The Post, “The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office … conducts its...