Texas AG Bans Staff Lawyers From State Bar Events

The Texas Tribune reports:

Attorney General Ken Paxton is escalating his feud with the State Bar of Texas by banning his office’s lawyers from speaking at any events organized by the bar. Paxton’s office also will not pay for any attorneys to attend bar-sponsored events.

The state bar is suing Paxton over his 2020 lawsuit challenging the presidential election results in four battleground states. Paxton has denounced the lawsuit, which alleges professional misconduct, as political harassment.

The internal email — sent Monday by Shawn Cowles, Paxton’s deputy attorney general for civil litigation — references the lawsuit, calling it “just the latest instance in the Bar’s ongoing evolution into a partisan advocacy group.”

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is banning his office’s lawyers from speaking at any events organized by the state bar. This comes after the bar filed a lawsuit against Paxton in May over his high-profile challenge to the 2020 election results.https://t.co/bT13Tz3ava

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) July 25, 2022

So much for being a free speech warrior.

Ken Paxton is being sued by the Texas Bar for his lies and attempts to overturn the 2020 election. So now he’s trying to muzzle state employees to avoid accountability. He deserves to be disbarred.

In November, we vote him out. https://t.co/NHOLzXCTm5

— Rochelle Garza (@RochelleMGarza) July 25, 2022