Trump-Backed Texas Cop Running For State House Placed On Leave After Arrest For Impersonation [Video]

The Texas Tribune reports:

A Texas House candidate and police officer backed by former President Donald Trump and top Texas Republicans has been indicted on a charge of impersonating a public servant, according to authorities.

Dallas police said that Frederick Frazier was placed on administrative leave after the department was notified that a Collin County grand jury indicted him.  Frazier turned himself in to the Richardson jail Friday and posted bond.

Frazier’s campaign blamed his Republican primary runoff opponent, Paul Chabot, who had suggested Frazier posed as a city code compliance officer to get Chabot’s campaign signs taken down at a Walmart.

Read the full article. The charge is a third-degree felony.