The Brief
- A three-judge panel cleared Dallas County District Attorney-elect Amber Givens of all misconduct charges brought by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
- The ruling determined the commission failed to prove allegations that Givens allowed her court coordinator to conduct a 2021 Zoom bond hearing in her place.
- Givens addressed the personal toll of the six-year process and spoke on accountability as she prepares to run unopposed in November.
DALLAS – Judge Amber Givens, Dallas County’s next district attorney, was cleared last week after being accused by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
She read a prepared statement to the media on Thursday.
The backstory:
Last year, Judge Givens received a reprimand and admonition from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for allegedly letting her court coordinator conduct a Zoom bond hearing as if she were the judge in 2021.…