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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A daughter of convicted polygamist leader Warren Jeffs says she doesn't need protection from church leaders.
Teresa Jeffs says she wants her court-appointed attorney to step down for asking for the protection order.
The 16-year-old girl spoke to The Associated Press today from Texas.
The teen is one of hundreds of Texas children from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with an attorney appointed by a state judge as part of a child welfare investigation into allegations of abuse.
Her father is Warren Jeffs, the church's imprisoned president and prophet.
Teresa Jeffs says she was subpoenaed to appear Wednesday before a West Texas grand jury opening a criminal investigation into the polygamist group.
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