The Gig Is Over for Texas Judge Convicted of Taking Lawyer’s Bribes
A Texas judge faces decades in prison after a federal jury convicted him Thursday of taking bribes from an attorney, including a $15,000 pickup truck and an envelope stuffed with $5,500, according to a Courthouse News Service report.
Rodolfo “Rudy” Delgado, 65, of Edinburg, resigned from the 93rd District Court in Hidalgo County after a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment in February 2018, according to Courthouse News reporter Cameron Langford.
The Brownsville Herald reported that Edinburg attorney Noe Perez testified during Delgado’s five-day trial that after a client paid for his services with a $15,000 pickup truck in 2008, Delgado learned of the deal and asked him about the truck’s condition, then took the truck and never paid for it.
Read the Courthouse News article.
