Texas Bar Investigates GOP State AG For Election Lies

The Associated Press reports:

The Texas bar association is investigating whether state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud amounted to professional misconduct.

The investigation is yet another liability for the embattled attorney general, who is facing a years-old criminal case, a separate, newer FBI investigation, and a Republican primary opponent who is seeking to make electoral hay of the various controversies.

It also makes Paxton one of the highest profile lawyers to face professional blowback over their roles in Donald Trump’s effort to delegitimize his defeat.

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AP Exclusive: State bar investigating Texas attorney generalhttps://t.co/WcQk2Up7Mm

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) June 9, 2021