Harris County DA, Sean Teare, Dismisses Dr. Hotze’s Criminal Case

Houston, Texas – Today, May 20, 2025, the Harris County District Attorney’s office, under the leadership of Sean Teare, dismissed Dr. Hotze’s criminal case which has been ongoing for the last four years.  The dismissal was signed by Judge Emily Munoz Detoto. For over four years former Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg waged lawfare against Dr. Hotze to prevent him from stopping vote fraud in Harris County.

Jared Woodfill, Dr. Hotze’s attorney, stated, “For four long years, Dr. Hotze has been fighting Kim Ogg’s politically motivated prosecution against him, because of his efforts to stop vote fraud in Harris County. She weaponized her office in an effort to take out a political opponent, Dr. Hotze.  Her lawfare against Dr. Hotze was a violation of the trust voters had placed in her. Dr. Hotze is thankful to DA Sean Teare for recognizing Ogg’s abuse of her office and rightfully dismissing the case against him.”

Dr. Hotze also stated the following, “I commend the Harris County DA Sean Teare for dismissing my criminal case, ensuring that justice was done. For four years I have experienced lawfare from former DA Kim Ogg for my efforts to expose vote fraud in Harris County. I thank God that I have been vindicated.”

Dr. Hotze pledged to continue his efforts to fight vote fraud in Harris County. On October 22, 2024, Dr. Hotze filed a lawsuit, Hotze v. Bennett, against former Harris County Tax Assessor Collector, Ann Bennett, who served as the voter registrar, requiring her to eliminate over 400,000 illegal names on the voter file of individuals who live outside of Harris County and out of state. The Texas Election Code requires the Tax Assessor Collector in every county to update the list and remove any illegal names on a monthly basis. Since the Democrats took over the Harris Tax Assessor Collector office in 2016, they have not updated the voter registration file. This is one of the ways that the Democrats have been able to steal elections and turn Harris County into a blue county, by casting illegal votes.  Over 205,000 illegal votes were cast in the 2024 General Elections in Harris County by individuals who lived out of the county or out of state.

Kim Ogg benefited from vote fraud by illegally hiring vote harvesters in her campaigns. When Dr. Hotze’s election integrity team brought incidences of vote fraud in Harris County to Kim Ogg, her office refused to investigate them. Ogg also refused to have Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton investigate vote fraud in Harris County.  

The District Attorney’s office under former DA Kim Ogg’s leadership has intentionally been dragging out Dr. Hotze’s criminal case for over four years, since April 20, 2022, in order to harass him and cost him enormous resources, in the same way Trump has been harassed.

The goal of Kim Ogg’s lawfare was to intimidate Dr. Hotze and bleed him financially. Those who know Dr. Hotze know that he is a Christian warrior who never backs down.

 Dr. Hotze has taken the offensive and sued former Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg for Official Oppression, 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, on December 31, 2024. This is a federal statute that allows individuals to sue government officials for violation of their Constitutional rights.  

Justice has now been served with the outrageous criminal charges against Dr. Hotze being dismissed. Justice will be further served when Kim Ogg is found guilty of Prosecutorial Misconduct and Official Oppression.