Tag Archives: Ken Paxton

Paxton Calls For Impeachment Protest At Texas Capitol

The Guardian reports: The Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, has urged his supporters to protest at the state capitol when Republicans in the House of Representatives take up historic impeachment proceedings against him. The state House has set a Saturday vote to consider impeaching Paxton and suspending him from office over allegations of bribery, unfitness for office and abuse of …

Read More »

Junior Screams Over Move To Impeach Cultist Texas AG

Mediaite reports: Donald Trump Jr. is accusing the “Republican In Name Only”-led Texas House of organizing a “witch hunt” against disgraced Attorney General Ken Paxton. “What the RINOs in the Texas State House are trying to do to America First patriot Ken Paxton is a disgrace,” Don Jr. tweeted. “MAGA stands with @KenPaxtonTX against this RINO/Dem led witch hunt!!! A …

Read More »

Paxton Impeachment Vote Scheduled: 1PM Tomorrow

PBS NewsHour reports: Under the Texas constitution and law, impeaching a state official is similar to the process on the federal level: the action starts in the state House. In this case, the five-member House General Investigating Committee voted unanimously Thursday to send 20 articles of impeachment to the full chamber. The next step is a vote by the 149-member …

Read More »

Texas AG Paxton Hit With 20 Articles Of Impeachment

The Texas Tribune reports: In an unprecedented move, a Texas House committee voted Thursday to recommend that Attorney General Ken Paxton be impeached and removed from office, citing 20 accusations that include bribery, retaliating against whistleblowers and obstruction of justice. Around 8 p.m., the House General Investigating Committee filed its impeachment resolution with the House clerk. It included the 20 …

Read More »

Texas House Panel Recommends Paxton Be Impeached

The Texas Tribune reports: In an unprecedented move, a Texas House committee voted Thursday to recommend that Attorney General Ken Paxton be impeached and removed from office, citing a yearslong pattern of alleged misconduct and lawbreaking that investigators detailed one day earlier. During a specially called meeting Thursday afternoon, the House General Investigating Committee voted unanimously to refer articles of …

Read More »

Texas Republicans Erupt Into Full-Blown Civil War

The Associated Press reports: Texas lawmakers revealed Tuesday a monthslong corruption investigation into Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, going public with the probe shortly after Paxton accused the GOP House speaker of being drunk on the job. Hours after Paxton’s claim, House Speaker Dade Phelan announced the House General Investigating Committee has been looking into “alleged illegal conduct” by Paxton. …

Read More »

Texas Holds Hearing On Paxton Corruption Allegations

The Texas Tribune reports: A Texas House committee on Wednesday heard stunning testimony from investigators over allegations of a yearslong pattern of misconduct and questionable actions by Attorney General Ken Paxton, the result of a probe the committee had secretly authorized in March. In painstaking and methodical detail in a rare public forum, four investigators for the House General Investigating …

Read More »

Texas AG: “Drunk” Texas House Speaker Must Resign

The Texas Tribune reports: Attorney General Ken Paxton said Tuesday that state House Speaker Dade Phelan should resign, accusing him of presiding over his chamber “in a state of apparent debilitating intoxication.” Paxton also asked the House General Investigating Committee to probe Phelan, a fellow Republican. Paxton’s call for Phelan’s resignation came days after a video clip went viral that …

Read More »

Texas AG To Investigate COVID Vaccine Makers

The Texas Tribune reports: Long an opponent of COVID-19 safety mandates, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday he will investigate three major pharmaceutical companies for deceptive practices, arguing that they may have misrepresented the effectiveness of vaccines and the likelihood of becoming infected after receiving a vaccine. Paxton said in a news release that his office would investigate whether …

Read More »

DOJ Takes Over Corruption Investigation Into Texas AG

The Associated Press reports: Justice Department officials in Washington have taken over the corruption investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, removing the case from the hands of the federal prosecutors in Texas who’d long been leading the probe. The move was disclosed in a statement by state prosecutors handling their own case against Paxton. It’s the latest development in …

Read More »

Texas AG Sues Biden For Signing 2022 Spending Bill

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued President Joe Biden on Wednesday for signing last year’s federal government funding package, arguing it was unlawfully passed out of Congress. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Lubbock, Paxton asserts the U.S. House requires a physical majority of its members to pass legislation. But most members of the …

Read More »

GOP Texas AG Agrees To Apologize And Pay Corruption Whistleblowers $3.3 Million Settlement In State Funds

The Texas Tribune reports: Attorney General Ken Paxton and four of his former top deputies who said he improperly fired them after they accused him of crimes have reached a tentative agreement to end a whistleblower lawsuit that would pay those employees $3.3 million dollars. In a filing on Friday, attorneys for Paxton and the whistleblowers asked the Texas Supreme …

Read More »

Texas AG To Settle Whistleblower Retaliation Lawsuit

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal team is in settlement negotiation talks with three of the four former employees who filed a whistleblower lawsuit against him for firing them after they accused Paxton of criminal acts. Paxton’s lawyers, in a joint filing last week with attorneys for Mark Penley, David Maxwell and Ryan Vassar — Paxton’s …

Read More »

Court: Texas AG Ken Paxton Must Face Ethics Lawsuit

Reuters reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton must face an ethics lawsuit by state attorney regulators over a case he brought challenging results of the 2020 election, according to a court ruling posted on Monday. The ruling is a setback for Paxton, who had argued that his work as the top Texas state lawyer was beyond the reach of Texas …

Read More »

Texas AG Sues Feds Over Adoption By LGBTQ Couples

The Texas Tribune reports: Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the federal government to preserve Texas’ ability to include religious groups that won’t place kids with same-sex couples in the state’s adoption process without losing federal funding. The rule on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination, known as the SOGI rule, prohibits recipients of federal funds for adoption and foster …

Read More »

Texas AG Demanded List Of Transgender Residents

The Washington Post reports: Employees at the Texas Department of Public Safety in June received a sweeping request from Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office: to compile a list of individuals who had changed their gender on their Texas driver’s license and other department records during the past two years. “Need total number of changes from male to female and …

Read More »

TX AG Wins Reelection Despite Years-Old Legal Woes

The Texas Tribune reports: Embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has faced securities fraud charges since 2015 and is under FBI investigation for abuse of office, has won reelection for a third term, according to Decision Desk HQ, defeating Democratic civil rights lawyer Rochelle Garza. Paxton has been a leader in challenging policies implemented by Democratic presidents on immigration, expansion …

Read More »

Texas AG Criminally Investigates Election Workers

The Texas Tribune reports: Paxton’s office opened at least 10 investigations into alleged crimes by election workers, a more extensive effort than previously known, according to records obtained by ProPublica. One of his probes was spurred by a complaint from a county GOP chair, who lost her reelection bid in a landslide. She then refused to certify the results, citing …

Read More »

Case Dismissed: Texas AG Loses “Voter Fraud” Case

The Texas Tribune reports: Voter fraud charges against Hervis Rogers, who garnered widespread attention for waiting hours in line to vote at a Houston polling location during the March 2020 presidential primary, have been dismissed. Attorney General Ken Paxton ordered Rogers’ arrest in July 2021 on charges that he voted while on parole. Over a year later, after the Texas …

Read More »

Appeals Court Blocks Texas Law On Social Media Bans

Politico reports: A federal appellate court temporarily halted Texas’ social media law from going into effect Wednesday while tech trade groups seek review from the Supreme Court — the latest twist in months of legal maneuvers over a statute that could upend the online industry’s business models. Relief for tech: The ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …

Read More »