{"id":384701,"date":"2026-07-24T04:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/384701\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T04:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:03:11","slug":"amber-givens-says-misconduct-fight-will-make-her-a-stronger-dallas-district-attorney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/384701\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Givens says misconduct fight will make her a stronger Dallas district attorney"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amber Givens<\/a>, the former Dallas County<\/a> district judge who is expected to become the county’s next district attorney, says her experience being accused of wrongdoing will ultimately make her a stronger and more empathetic prosecutor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview, Givens described the last six years as a difficult period.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“For six years, allegations were used in an attempt to diminish my integrity,” she said, referring to the period as a journey, saying she spent the time “fighting for what I knew was the truth.”<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct reprimanded Givens over accusations that she allowed her court coordinator to impersonate her and make rulings during a 2021 online hearing. A three\u2011judge Special Court of Review appointed by the Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court cleared her of wrongdoing and removed the reprimand from her record.<\/p>\n

“The commission needs to make sure that they operate in fairness and no one is able to use them as a political tool,” she said.<\/p>\n

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Amber Givens<\/p>\n

Her attorney, Chip Babcock, said she was targeted by trial lawyers who wanted her off the bench.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“And then they filed hundreds of recusal motions in an attempt to catch her ruling on something she had been recused in, so there was certainly a concerted effort to go after her. I thought it was unseemly,” Babcock said.<\/p>\n

Givens’ successful appeal comes as she prepares to take over the district attorney’s office<\/a> after defeating incumbent John Creuzot in the Democratic primary last March. With no Republican opponent in November, she is positioned to assume the role in January.<\/p>\n

She said she will not hold grudges against attorneys who testified against her.<\/p>\n

“Not bitter at all. Definitely grateful because at some point God has showed me that he was allowing it to happen because there was purpose in it,” Givens said.<\/p>\n

She said that the purpose was to understand what it feels like to be accused.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“To be the person accused of something gives you a whole different perspective,” she said, adding, “It showed me how horrible it is when a system is used as a weapon against people.”<\/p>\n

Givens also said she has received hateful messages, including racist language.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While the Special Court of Review cleared her, it also described her as a polarizing figure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“At every turn we won, but in all of those battles that were won, there was always a personal dig,” she said. “You look at me with my shaved sides, and maybe I look like a judge, maybe I don’t, but there’s a dog whistle there that she’s unprofessional.”<\/p>\n

Joking, she said, “I’m probably going to get some shirts to say ‘I’m polarizing.'”<\/p>\n

As she prepares to take office, she said she will give everyone a fresh start.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When asked whether she would walk into the office offering a clean slate, she responded, “No baggage ever, everything is grounded in gratitude. I didn’t get this far being bitter, nasty, hateful because if I didn’t like what I’ve been through, I wouldn’t be here.”<\/p>\n

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