Dallas County DA-elect speaks after being cleared of judicial misconduct allegations

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.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.It was also for exceeding authority and courtroom conduct.Givens appealed the findings, and last week a special three-judge panel ruled in her favor. The panel found that the State Judicial Commission had not proven even one of the allegations against Givens.In her prepared statement, Givens talked about the allegations being dismissed and the emotional rollercoaster this has been for her over the past few years."For six years, this wasn’t an abstract legal proceeding for me. It affected my family. It affected my reputation. It affected my ability to do the work I love," she said.S