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A Democratic candidate for county commissioner in Texas is under investigation after being accused of using fake online accounts to hurl racist attacks against himself.
Taral Patel, 30, is running as the Democratic candidate for Fort Bend County Precinct 3 commissioner. He was initially detained on June 12 for online impersonation and misrepresentation of identity, a class A misdemeanor, according to KTRK.
Search warrants have since shown connections to other fake identities, such as impersonating a district judge and one using the photo of a realtor from Pennsylvania.
Court records state that the incumbent in the race, Andy Meyers, asked in October last year that the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office investigate the source behind racist social media posts towards Patel, who’s accused of using fake Facebook accounts using others’ photos. …