The indictment comes after a lengthy search warrant revealed incriminating text messages between the Fort Bend county judge and Pct. 3 Commissioner candidate Taral Patel.
ByFort Bend County Judge KP George is reportedly under criminal investigation, and would not answer questions outside a public hearing Monday night.Fort Bend County Judge KP George, who's at the center of a criminal investigation over an alleged election scheme, has been indicted.
The search warrant alleges that the second-term Democrat was involved in a scheme to influence his re-election in 2022. He claimed he was the target of racist social media posts that investigators believe he knew his then-chief of staff, Patel, created to work in his favor. Investigators believe Patel created fake Facebook accounts and then posted racist comments targeting George to garner sympathy. Some of those comments ended up in a collage that Patel created on social media. The warrant says investigators found text messages from Patel to George that said, "I am posting the image now."
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