The wife of Texas gubernatorial candidate Allen West has been cleared of DWI charges following her arrest last month after being pulled over with her three-month-old grandchild in the car.
The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office said toxicology test concluded Angela Graham-West, 61, had no traces of drugs or alcohol in her system and would not pursue the DWI case against her.
Her attorney George Milner thanked the District Attorney for rejecting the case after viewing the results.
‘We sincerely appreciate District Attorney John Creuzot’s diligence in this matter,’ Milner said in a statement. ‘This is the right result, and we appreciate that honest justice was swift.’
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PICTURED: Angela Graham-West, wife of Republican Texas gubernatorial candidate Allen West was arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) with her young grandson in the car
Dallas Police released body cam footage of the night of Angela Graham-West’s (pictured) arrest
PICTURED: Angela Graham-West (left) and Republican Texas gubernational candidate Allen West (center) at the Republican National Committee in Cleveland, Ohio in 2020
Graham-West’s husband, who at the time of the arrest was ‘beyond livid’, said he wants police to release the entirety of the body cam footage from the night of his wife’s arrest as well as an apology.
‘I stand by my assertion that a full apology to my wife Angela is warranted,’ West said in a statement. ‘As well, the full unedited body cam video should be released by the Dallas PD Chief Garcia to the press and the public. My wife’s honor and reputation should have never been assailed.’
Graham-West was driving home from dinner at P.F. Changs with her three-month-old grandson, Jaxton, when she was pulled over for a traffic violation at around 8.45p.m. on August 20 in Dallas County, leading to an officer to suspect that she was intoxicated before performing a field sobriety test on her.
After the breathalyzer test, which according to an arrest affidavit provided to The Texas Tribune was inconclusive, Graham-West was charged with ‘Driving While Intoxicated with a Child under 15 Years Old’ and stayed in jail overnight before her release on Saturday afternoon, according to Fox News.
West tweeted his wife’s attorney’s statement on the DWI charges not being pursued and said he expects an apology and the release of the entirety of the body cam footage from police
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On Sunday, West posted a photo of his wife’s receipt the night she was arrested, which shows a lemonade, but lists no alcoholic beverages at P.F. Changs in Dallas, Texas
The Texas gubernatorial candidate is ‘beyond livid’ with the Dallas Police Department after his wife was arrested
On August 23 Dallas police released a 19-minute long video that included both dash-cam and body cam footage of the arrest, dallasnews.com reported.
Officers claim that Graham-West showed signs of intoxication during the field sobriety test, the Tribune reported.
Graham-West’s attorney said those issues were due to a previous brain aneurysm behind her right eye.
Following the arrest West vigorously defended his wife on Twitter, posting receipts that he said proved his wife only had water and lemonade to drink the night of her arrest.
In a video posted to his Twitter the 60-year-old voiced his anger that his young grandson had been left with two police officers on the side of the road while his wife was brought to jail, saying, ‘we are releasing violent criminals in Texas but arresting grandmas?’
‘The thing that upsets me the most is that they [Dallas police] took my wife, arrested her, brought her to jail and left my grandson with two Dallas police officers,’ West said in the Twitter video.
‘Luckily, they were able to get in contact with our youngest daughter, Austin, who was able to go and pick up Jackson [West’s grandson] from two police officers on the side of the road… I support the thin blue line but this is insidious.’
On July 4, West announced his campaign for governor, days before he stepped down from his position as chair of the Republican party in Texas.
He will challenge current Gov Greg Abbott, a fellow Republican, who assumed office in 2015.
West’s wife is also a pubic servant, as she ran for Garland City Council earlier this year, but did not progress to the runoff election.
On July 4, Allen West (pictured) announced his campaign for governor, days before he stepped down from his position as chair of the Republican party in Texas
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