UPDATE: The trial has been reset to May 6, according to Second Assistant District Attorney Wesley Wittig.
The trial of County Judge KP George on a misdemeanor charge of misappropriation of identity has been postponed after his defense attorneys filed a motion for continuance so that they could analyze new evidence provided by prosecutors on Friday, practically the eve of the long-awaiting trial.
In the case, which was indicted in October 2024, George is accused of conspiring with a former staff member in a “fake hate” social media campaign during his 2022 campaign for reelection. The trial was set to begin Tuesday. A new trial date will be made available then, Wesley Wittig, Fort Bend County Second Assistant District Attorney and spokesman for the office, told the Fort Bend Star in an email…