Bandera County Republican Party Chair Butch Streigl and Treasurer René Leith turned themselves into the Bandera County Jail Friday morning following indictments for fraudulent securing of document execution, according to paperwork filed with the Bandera County District Clerk.
The two indictments stem from a March 8, 2022, incident in which then-Chair Lynn Haueter was removed from three party accounts at Wells Fargo at the request of Streigl, who had been elected unopposed to replace Haueter in the March 2022 Republican Primary. Streigl’s term would begin that June.
Haueter previously told the Bulletin Wells Fargo told her Streigl presented the bank ...