Defense Attorney Says He Was Savagely Beaten By An Employee Of Orange County DA's Office

ORANGE, Calif. -- A criminal defense attorney in Orange County, California, claims that an investigator working for Orange County's beleaguered District Attorney's Office attacked him in a courthouse hallway Wednesday morning after he referenced the county's ongoing jailhouse informant scandal.

Defense attorney James Crawford was at a courtroom at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana this morning. When Crawford approached a witness to advise them on their rights, a verbal altercation began between Crawford and the DA's investigator, Crawford's attorney told The Huffington Post.