Fallout from the Republican primary runoff between incumbent Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina and challenger John Devine, a former state district judge in Harris County, has prompted retired state district Judge Scott Link to file a defamation suit against the U.S. Pastor Council and its executive director, David J. Welch Sr.

In his July 18 petition, filed in Harris County’s 334th District Court, Link alleges Welch made defamatory statements about him in an email sent from his U.S. Pastor Council email address to a number of “Republican activists and commentators.”