A Texas lawmaker accused of corruption allegedly showed up to a House committee hearing in March and said she was high on morphine.
A court filing this week alleges that Rep. Dawnna Dukes of Travis County showed up for work at the Capitol impaired by medication and spent $51K of her own money on an online psychic.
Dukes is due to face misdemeanor corruption charges at an October 16 trial.
The 12-term congresswoman is accused of giving a taxpayer-funded raise to a legislative aide to cover gas money for shuttling her daughter back and forth from school.
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