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The Texas Tribune reports:
The state’s top officials came to the defense of embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton, saying a state bar investigation into his professional conduct is “politically motivated” and raises questions about the state’s separation of powers. On Friday, Paxton said he had filed an objection to a state bar investigation prompted by his decision to file a lawsuit challenging the results of the 2020 presidential elections in four battleground states. The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit, saying Texas did not have standing to file it.
Paxton called the state bar investigation “partisan” and said it was “weaponizing” its regulatory power against the attorney general’s office. “Texans know exactly what’s going on here,” Paxton said in a statement. “It is no surprise that a cabal of President Biden donors and voters are finding a way to retaliate against the work of my office for the State of Texas’s challenge to the constitutionality of the 2020 elections.” he said.
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.@georgepbush says the lawsuit Ken Paxton filed to challenge the 2020 election results helped Paxton get Donald Trump’s endorsement.
Bush calls that lawsuit “a Hail Mary trying to get a preemptive federal pardon from the president — and nothing more.” #TribFest21 pic.twitter.com/kmCIjqEJqt
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) September 25, 2021
Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick have come to the defense of embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton, saying a state bar investigation into his professional conduct is “politically motivated” and raises questions about the state’s separation of powers. https://t.co/qGpiZOy1BV
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) September 24, 2021