RICHMOND, Texas (KTRK) — Embattled Fort Bend County Choose KP George described the prison case towards him as “political persecution” in a letter addressed to county residents Tuesday.
The Democrat, first elected in 2018, is presently dealing with a misrepresentation of identification cost for allegedly working along with his former chief of workers, Taral Patel, to publish racist assaults directed at himself beneath a faux title.
Of the costs, George writes: “If this could occur to me– as the highest elected official in Fort Bend County, a U.S. citizen for many years, and a public servant in our community– then it may possibly occur to anybody.”
George additionally referred to as on District Legal professional Brian Middleton and the choose presiding over his case to recuse themselves. He claims there’s a battle of curiosity since he controls the budgets for each of their workplaces as county choose.
“It is actually not a authorized battle of curiosity,” stated prison protection lawyer Kent Schaffer, who’s not affiliated with George’s case.
Schaffer stated prosecutors prosecute elected officers on a regular basis, even when the elected officers management their budgets.
George additionally claims Choose Christian Becerra had a battle of curiosity when he signed a warrant to look George’s digital gadgets in September, citing Becerra’s relationship with Middleton.
“Brian Middleton and I went to regulation faculty collectively. We labored on the DA’s workplace, however any point out that there is some sort of collusion between us to go after one particular person is completely ridiculous,” Becerra stated.
Schaffer famous that it is common for judges to have labored as prosecutors previously.
George additionally instructed that Becerra’s marketing campaign to interchange him as county choose posed a battle of curiosity. However Becerra stated he had no plans to run for workplace when he signed the warrant and that he recused himself from the case involving George’s former chief of workers as quickly as he thought he would possibly run.
When requested about George’s letter, Becerra instructed Eyewitness Information, “I discovered it to be ridiculous. I feel it smacked of desperation.”
A very good portion of George’s letter targets the reserving course of on the Fort Bend County Jail. George decries being compelled to alter right into a jail uniform and that his mugshot was launched. He additionally claims the sheriff’s workplace referred to as ICE to examine his immigration standing and seized his passport.
“All these items that he would not like are issues that occur to each single prison defendant day by day, however I perceive that being an elected official, he figured one way or the other he’d be exempt from all that,” Schaffer stated.
The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Workplace responded to George’s statements late Tuesday:
“Choose KP George was handled like everybody else that comes into the FBC Jail. Everybody that comes into our jail and signifies they don’t seem to be a naturally born U.S. citizen, ICE is contacted. ICE promptly suggested no motion was wanted. Due to this fact, an ICE maintain was not positioned on Choose KP George.
Moreover, mugshots are public file whereas the person is in custody. As quickly as an individual is now not in our custody, their mugshot is straight away faraway from our public database.”
George, who has but to announce if he’ll run for re-election in 2026, urged Fort Bend County residents to “stand with me.”
“This isn’t simply an assault on me and my household; it’s an assault on each citizen of Fort Bend County, the ideas of equity, and the integrity of our justice system,” he wrote.
A spokesperson for George stated he was unavailable for an interview Tuesday.
The Fort Bend County District Legal professional’s Workplace stated it could not tackle George’s particular claims due to the continued prison case.
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