{"id":2269520,"date":"2024-06-17T11:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T15:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-candidate-and-biden-appointee-arrested-for-allegedly-faking-racist-attacks-against-himself\/"},"modified":"2024-06-17T11:50:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T15:50:47","slug":"democratic-candidate-and-biden-appointee-arrested-for-allegedly-faking-racist-attacks-against-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-candidate-and-biden-appointee-arrested-for-allegedly-faking-racist-attacks-against-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Candidate and Biden Appointee Arrested for Allegedly Staging Racist Attacks on Himself"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-candidate-and-biden-appointee-arrested-for-allegedly-faking-racist-attacks-against-himself%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2269520&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In June 2024,\u2062 Taral \u200dPatel,\u200d a\u200c Democratic candidate for \u200bthe position of Fort Bend County \u2064Precinct 3 \u200dcommissioner in \u200bTexas,\u200c faced serious allegations. Patel, who previously worked as\u2062 a Biden administration appointee, was charged with online impersonation and misrepresentation\u200d of identity. These charges came\u200c after it was discovered that Patel allegedly created fake racist messages targeting himself, which he\u2064 then publicized as examples of attacks from \u200dhis opponents. He linked the fabricated attacks to\u200b the rhetoric of\u200d former President\u2064 Donald Trump and extremist\u2063 elements within the Republican Party. The scenario began to unravel when \u200cincumbent Republican commissioner, \u2062Andy Meyers, skeptical of the \u200bauthenticity\u200b of the comments, hired a private investigator \u200band pressed \u2064for a \u200blegal investigation. This investigation led\u200c to the\u2062 uncovering \u2063of evidence suggesting that the attacks \u200cwere\u200b self-engineered by Patel.\u2063 The matter continues under rigorous examination, with calls for justice and due process prevailing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/claire-mccaskill-is-upset-trumpers-will-cost-lives-by-coming-out-in-opposition-to-vaccine-passports\/\" title=\"Claire McCaskill Is Upset \u2018Trumpers\u2019 Will \u2018Cost Lives\u2019 By Coming Out In Opposition To Vaccine Passports\">public discussions surrounding<\/a>\u200d the case.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 17, 2024 at 7:08am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A Democratic candidate for a Texas local government post who touted his connections to the Biden administration has been charged with faking racist messages that he used in his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Taral Patel, who is running for Fort Bend County Precinct 3 commissioner, faces a third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newly-elected-texas-mayor-busted-for-allegedly-soliciting-a-child-online\/\" title=\"Newly Elected Texas Mayor Busted For Allegedly Soliciting A Child Online\">-degree felony charge<\/a> for online impersonation and a Class A misdemeanor charge for misrepresentation of identity, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/fort-bend-county-precinct-3-candidate-taral-patel\/14945983\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTRK-TV<\/a> in Houston.<\/p>\n<p>Patel allegedly set up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sickening-video-shows-antifa-allegedly-stab-4-trump-supporters-in-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Sickening Video Shows Antifa Allegedly Stab 4 Trump Supporters in Washington DC\">social media accounts<\/a> to send him posts that called him a variety of names and then used the messages he sent himself as fodder for a news release in which he said his opponents were hitting below the belt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]hese hateful images (a small sample attached here) are from a place of deep and misguided fear \u2013 incited by people like former President Donald Trump, and today\u2019s extremist Republican party fear that immigrants are \u2018taking their jobs\u2019 and setting out to hurt our own communities,\u201d the candidate wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TaralPatelTX\/posts\/pfbid02yA28nD9k99hjsaespepHrxb44unrGC4P2UwBL1xScmPMXJLoM8ZECsxmtcZ3mdPxl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> announcing the alleged attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Patel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taralpateltx.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaign biography<\/a> said that during his time as a Biden administration appointee, he worked for the Public Integrity Section of the Justice Department\u2019s Criminal Division.<\/p>\n<p>It said he was appointed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-stacking-deck-left-wing-federal-judges-set-impact-u-s-decades-milestone-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Joe Biden<\/a> to the Office of White House Liaison, focusing on issues such as housing, urban development, and disaster recovery and resilience.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fort Bend Co. candidate allegedly faked racist posts against himself\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aBNyKojxZhw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The charges against Patel followed a lengthy investigation that began when he went public with the alleged racist attacks, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/fort-bend\/2024\/06\/13\/490615\/candidate-for-fort-bend-county-commissioner-taral-patel-arrested\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KUHT-TV<\/a> in Houston.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Andy Meyers, the incumbent commissioner, researched the comments and found three comments came from an account under the name of \u201cAntonio Scalywag.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Does the left exaggerate the amount of racism in the U.S.?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That account had also sent attacks to Meyers, who \u2014 after hiring a private investigator \u2014 learned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fake-racism-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no one in the county<\/a> had that name. He asked local prosecutors to investigate.<\/p>\n<p>The district attorney\u2019s office learned that the account was created in 2021 and used to criticize Meyers, according to court records, which say it was used in March to criticize the candidate Patel defeated in the Democratic primary for the commissioner\u2019s spot.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the \u201cAntonio Scalywag\u201d Facebook account added a profile picture. The man in the photo, who lives in Fort Bend County, said he never <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/just-ilhan-omar-fesses-fake-story-told-400-students-racism-injustice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consented<\/a> to the photo being used and did not run the Facebook account, according to court records.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The story keeps growing! \u2013> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IwWGxq7pAD\">https:\/\/t.co\/IwWGxq7pAD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rHsm1ea91i\">pic.twitter.com\/rHsm1ea91i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fort Bend County GOP (@fbcgop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fbcgop\/status\/1801613955158118838?\">June 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Patel formerly worked for Fort Bend County Judge K.P. George, who issued an oblique statement about the issue to KTRK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a public official, I address the recent events involving a former employee with a deep sense of concern. Recognizing the gravity of the situation, I emphasize the vital importance of upholding the principles of due process and impartial investigation,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI trust that this matter will be examined without prejudice. White awaiting additional information, I reaffirm my commitment to ensuring justice and accountability. I look forward to gaining a complete understanding of the circumstances surrounding this unfortunate incident,\u201d the judge said.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. The 2024 election is the single most important election of our lifetime. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We here at The Western Journal are committed to covering it in a way the establishment media simply will not: We will tell the truth, and they will lie.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech and the elites don\u2019t want the truth out. 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America will live or die based on what happens this year. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to get the real truth out and to fight the elites, Big Tech, and the people who want America to fail. Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic candidate Taral Patel, running for Fort Bend County Precinct 3 commissioner in Texas, faces a third-degree felony charge. 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