Overview
- Jurors in Fort Bend County returned guilty verdicts on two felony counts on March 20 following more than a week of testimony and a day of deliberations.
- Prosecutors said about $46,500 moved from George’s campaign funded personal expenses such as property taxes, HOA dues, and a home down payment and were misreported.
- George’s attorneys argued the transfers were lawful repayments of past campaign loans, cited missing historical records, and alleged the case was politically motivated.
- Conviction on the third-degree felony counts carries a potential sentence of two to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine, and it could lead to his removal from office.
- George waived jury sentencing, so the judge will set punishment at a forthcoming hearing, and he still faces a separate misdemeanor identity-misrepresentation case expected to go to trial in May.