Texas judge is busted for orchestrating racist online threats that helped him win re-election

A Democrat justice in Texas was busted for allegedly utilizing a fake Facebook leafage to nonstop racist comments toward himself successful an effort to garner sympathy and unafraid re-election.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George, a apical elected authoritative successful the suburban Houston county, won a 2022 re-election bid against his Republican opponent, Trever Nehls.

A warrant obtained by KHOU 11 shows that George's cellular devices suggested helium had been communicating with a chap worker who utilized a fake Facebook relationship nether the sanction 'Antonio Scalywag' to interact with the judge's posts and permission racist comments.

George is accused him of moving manus successful manus with his erstwhile main of staff, Taral Patel, who was employed arsenic a advisor for George's re-election run successful 2022. 

Evidence from the obtained warrant suggests that Patel was the 1 leaving the racist comments - each with support from the judge.

Patel allegedly utilized the aforesaid maneuver successful his ain run against Andy Meyers for a region commissioner seat. 

'The allegations are that George and Taral Patel coordinated the racist messages that were fundamentally posted during his run to fundamentally marque KP George a victim, for the intent of evidently winning a governmental race,' Meyers told KHOU 11.

'They did this for their idiosyncratic summation which I deliberation is reprehensible.'  

George is simply a U.S. national but was calved successful India. 

He was archetypal elected arsenic a region justice successful 2018 and became the archetypal idiosyncratic of colour to ever service arsenic a justice successful Fort Bend. 

The allegations against the justice lone came to airy erstwhile an probe into Patel was conducted by the Fort Bend County District Attorney's bureau for his ain suspected crimes.

Patel besides claimed that helium was the people of the aforesaid attacks. Most of the comments connected his societal media were directed astatine South Asians, calling them terrorists. Some besides made amusive of Hinduism.

The posts were nether the acquainted sanction of Antonio Scalywag. 

One of the comments read: 'Was helium adjacent calved here? Probably communist'

Another stated: '... I americium with Meyers ALL THE WAY... dissimilar Patel and his followers who worship Monkey and Elephant.'

The aforesaid alias relationship was attacking Meyers online earlier Patel adjacent launched his run against him.   

The researcher connected the case, Evett Kelly, determined that the alias relationship was attached to an associated email code and telephone fig of Patel, KHOU 11 reported. 

In October of 2022, the Antonio Scalywag illustration updated its illustration representation from an IP code that was besides associated to Patel. 

He was arrested successful June connected a felony complaint of online misrepresentation for his relation successful the hoax, according to Click 2 Houston. 

According to the warrant, George issued a property merchandise claiming helium was the people of racist attacks connected societal media.  

But compartment telephone records from Patel included a speech with the interaction sanction KP George successful which they discussed the property merchandise and the screenshots earlier Patel asked him to o.k. the release.

George was booked into Fort Bend County Jail connected Thursday and released connected a $1,000 bond. 

Fort Bend County Precinct 1 Constable Chad Norvell suggested the justice measurement down, calling the concern 'deeply embarrassing,' according to Click 2 Houston. 

The commissioner of the aforesaid precinct, Vincent Morales, besides called for the justice to resign.

But George maintains his innocence and has nary plans to measurement down.

He claimed successful a connection connected Thursday that his absorption remains solely connected serving the residents of the county, according to KHOU 11.

'Although I americium disappointed by the charges brought against me, I americium assured that erstwhile each the facts are presented, justness volition prevail,' the connection read.

'In this country, you are guiltless until proven guilty, and I afloat mean to beryllium my innocence successful court.

'I look guardant to clearing my sanction and continuing the important enactment entrusted to maine by the voters.'