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Line 54: In 2022, her office released a report claiming that an increase in people charged with violent crimes who are being released from jail due to low bond amounts and then going on to commit more crimes. The Houston Chronicle Editorial board criticized the report, stating in their headline that she was "scapegoating misdemeanor bail reform" for a crime spike when the evidence did not support it.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Board \|first=The Editorial \|date=2021-10-03 \|title=Editorial: Harris County's misdemeanor bail reform should not become a casualty of a national spike in crime \|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-Don-t-make-misdemeanor-bail-reform-a-16504815.php \|access-date=2023-11-08 \|website=Houston Chronicle \|language=en-US}}</ref> A monitor nominated by agreeing parties in the lawsuit appointed by the court found that misdemeanor bail reform has been successful in reducing misdemeanor arrests and reducing wasteful county spending.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=October 4, 2022 \|title=How rhetoric about bail reform is shaping the upcoming election in Harris County \|url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/harris-county/2022/10/04/434454/how-rhetoric-about-bail-reform-is-shaping-the-upcoming-election-in-harris-county/ \|website=Houston Public Media \|language=en-US}}</ref> === Conflicts with local Democratic elected officials === Kim Ogg has investigated county elected officials and staffers several times after having public disagreements over issues such as bail reform, violence interruption program implementation, and her office's budget. Almost $1 million in taxpayer dollars were spent on legal fees for investigations that never resulted in criminal charges.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web \|last1=Satija \|first1=Neena \|last2=Rice \|first2=Jen \|date=2023-09-19 \|title='Don't cross her': How DA Kim Ogg has repeatedly aimed her power at Harris County officials \|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/kim-ogg-harris-county-power-18334282.php \|access-date=2023-11-30 \|website=Houston Chronicle \|language=en}}</ref> In August of 2020, Harris County Commissioner [[Rodney Ellis]] was investigated by her public corruption unit for the unauthorized storage of art, and was later cleared by a grand jury.<ref>{{Cite web \|last1=Rice \|first1=Jen \|last2=Satija \|first2=Neena \|date=2023-09-20 \|title=Timeline: Key moments from DA Kim Ogg's ongoing feud with Harris County leaders \|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/timeline/kim-ogg-harris-county-feud/ \|access-date=2023-11-30 \|website=The Houston Chronicle \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Despart \|first=Zach \|date=2021-10-28 \|title=Grand jury clears Rodney Ellis in unusual African art case \|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/Grand-jury-clears-Rodney-Ellis-in-mysterious-16572810.php \|access-date=2023-11-30 \|website=Houston Chronicle \|language=en}}</ref> Ellis was a strong advocate for misdemeanor bail reform and critical of Ogg's late opposition to the settlement.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> In December of 2023, Kim Ogg was admonished by the local Democratic Party,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Schneider \|first=Andrew \|date=2023-12-20 \|title=After admonition vote, District Attorney Kim Ogg faces a challenging path in her bid for a third term \|url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2023/12/20/472961/kim-ogg-harris-county-challenging-2024-democratic-primary/ \|access-date=2024-01-19 \|website=Houston Public Media \|language=en-US}}</ref> which alleged she "abused the power of her office to pursue personal vendettas against her political opponents, sided with Republicans to advance their extremist agenda, and stood in the way of fixing the broken criminal justice system."<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Ferguson \|first=John Wayne \|title=Harris County Democrats vote overwhelmingly to admonish DA Kim Ogg \|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/kim-ogg-resolution-democrats-admonishment-18549815.php \|access-date=2024-01-19 \|work=Houston Chronicle \|language=en}}</ref> She was defeated in the following March primary.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Schneider \|first=Andrew \|date=2024-03-05 \|title=Sean Teare defeats Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg in Democratic primary \|url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2024/2024/03/05/479773/sean-teare-defeats-harris-county-district-attorney-kim-ogg-in-democratic-primary/ \|access-date=2024-05-20 \|website=Houston Public Media \|language=en-US}}</ref> == References ==

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