FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Information present that Fort Bend County Choose KP George was charged with cash laundering within the newest accusations towards him.
It is the most recent main blow for the embattled choose, already out on bond for what’s been described as a faux racism scheme.
George was on the middle of a bombshell search warrant that implicated him in a scheme to push faux racism throughout his 2022 re-election marketing campaign.
George has denied the misdemeanor prices and lately wrote a letter railing towards the prosecution, portraying himself as a sufferer.
Nonetheless, he has by no means spoken in regards to the case on digicam, the place he must reply questions. In reality, he abruptly canceled two scheduled interviews with Eyewitness Information in February.
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The search warrant, filed in September 2024, accuses George of two counts of misrepresentation of id, a category A misdemeanor, for “appearing with intent to advertise or help” Taral Patel “in marketing campaign communication with the intent to injure or affect the results of an election.” The allegations are violations of the Texas Election Code.
Patel was George’s Chief of Employees in 2022 and has been charged with 4 felony counts of on-line impersonation.
The Fort Bend County District Legal professional’s Workplace instructed Eyewitness Information that the course of their ongoing investigation into the alleged faux id scheme led to new felony indictments for cash laundering.
Though the latest prices are unrelated, legislation enforcement mentioned investigators discovered proof of extra alleged wrongdoing as they began trying round.
Information present George was in jail on Friday on two felony prices, accusing him of cash laundering between $30,000 and $150,000.
George launched the next assertion concerning the brand new prices:
The Fort Bend County Democratic Celebration, which stood by George after his September arrest, referred to as on the Democrat to resign Friday.
“It is time for him to simply do the proper factor and simply step down,” Celebration Chairman Fred Taylor mentioned.
Taylor declined to say whether or not he thought George was responsible of the costs he is going through, however mentioned George’s repeated assaults on the district lawyer prompted him to name on George to step down.
“This county choose that has proven his character of all the time eager to be the sufferer, which what received him in hassle within the first place, and now attempting to play the sufferer by blaming,” Taylor mentioned.
George is up for re-election in 2026. Taylor mentioned he expects George to try to run as a Republican, though George hasn’t confirmed this.
“I believe he’d be in the proper place going to the Republican occasion,” Taylor mentioned.
A spokesman for the Fort Bend County Republican Celebration did not have a touch upon George’s cash laundering prices when reached Friday afternoon.
Commissioner Dexter L. McCoy launched the next assertion:
“I share in my fellow residents’ considerations about these allegations and its impact on public belief and our means to conduct the folks’s enterprise. Holding positions of public belief mandate that we maintain ourselves to the next customary, and right now’s grand jury indictment demonstrates a transparent breach of that customary. My workplace stays dedicated to serving the folks of Fort Bend County as we navigate the lengthy street forward.”
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