Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday called for the creation of a chief state prosecutor to rein in local district attorneys who he asserted “refuse to prosecute.”
In a post on X, Abbott pointed to the case of Michael Nnaji, who has reportedly faced 34 cases since 2019 without a single jury trial, including charges tied to an alleged threat earlier this year to massacre elementary school students.
“I am calling for legislation that creates a Chief State Prosecutor to actually prosecute criminals like this that DAs in places like Austin refuse to prosecute. Progressive DAs are literally leading to the murder of Texans,” Abbott said in the post.
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