Prominent Houston-based criminal defense attorney Dan Cogdell—who notably has defended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in court—is calling out Gov. Greg Abbott and other state officials for racially profiling a Muslim group aiming to develop a planned community.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has instructed the developers behind EPIC City, a proposed new Islamic-themed town near Josephine that includes parts of Collin and Hunt Counties, to confirm "within seven days that they are immediately ceasing any construction of their illegal project.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened the East Plano Islamic Center and affiliated entities with “the full weight of the law” if they begin or refuse to stop construction on the planned EPIC City development — even though developers have submitted no project plans and the dirt remains unmoved.