Dallas County 282nd District Court Judge Amber Givens filed Thursday to run against current District Attorney John Creuzot for his job, according to the county Democratic Party.
Creuzot, who's held the position since he was elected in 2018, filed for reelection, according to the Dallas County Democratic Party's of received candidate applications.
鈥淭his is the United States of America," Creuzot said in a statement. "Anyone is free to run for office, the issues will be debated, and ultimately the voters will decide the outcome.鈥�
四虎影院 reached out to Givens for comment and will update this story with any response.
Givens, elected to the bench in 2014, will give up her position to run for DA. She first faced controversy this year when the State Commission on Judicial Conduct sanctioned her twice in June.
The commission reprimanded her for allegedly allowing her coordinator to impersonate her online four years ago. The Kaufman County District Attorney's Office to criminally charge Givens and her court coordinator in 2023 for the alleged impersonation after a more than two-year investigation involving the Texas Rangers.
Givens also received an admonition for allegedly putting a man in jail and revoking another man's bond after she recused herself from those cases. The man who went to jail filed an ongoing lawsuit against Givens for wrongful imprisonment.
Dallas County commissioners voted in September to give all other district judges in the county $25,000 in supplemental pay except Givens. Commissioners alluded to state sanctions against Givens but did not explicitly cite it as a reason for the withheld pay.
Givens was eventually designated that pay in October after suing the county, alleging she was wrongfully excluded from the supplement.
Additional reporting by 四虎影院's Marina Trahan Martinez. This story has been updated with a statement from Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot.
Toluwani Osibamowo is 四虎影院鈥檚 law and justice reporter. Got a tip? Email Toluwani at tosibamowo@kera.org.
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