A Texas Democratic lawmaker is accused of spending more than $51,000 on an online psychic, prosecutors allege in a court filing submitted this week as part of a corruption trial. The Travis County district attorney’s office claims that Dukes paid for the psychic using her own money from December 2014 to January 2016, totaling nearly $1,000 a week. SUPER-RICH EX-PRESIDENTS AND THE TAXPAYERS WHO SUPPORT THEMThe filing, originally obtained by the Austin American-Statesman, also alleged the Texas lawmaker showed up for work at the Capitol impaired by medication and hid a cellphone from investigators. She's also accused of giving investigators a different cellphone from the one they were seeking when they served her with a search warrant. The prosecutors' court filing is intended to inform Dukes' attorneys of allegations against her that will be asserted at trial.

Source: Fox News September 21, 2017 21:15 UTC