Texas AG says bar is suing him over 2020 election challenge
2 years, 7 months ago

Texas AG says bar is suing him over 2020 election challenge

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Friday that the state bar association plans to sue him over his failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud, raising yet another legal danger as the embattled Republican is locked in a primary runoff. Since last summer, the State Bar of Texas has been investigating complaints over Paxton’s petitioning of the U.S. Supreme Court to block President Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump. Paxton’s top deputy, Brent Webster, was “dishonest” and made “false statements” in petitioning the Supreme Court to overturn the election, according to the bar’s complaint to a Williamson County court. Paxton said he stood behind his challenge to the “unconstitutional 2020 presidential election,” as he blasted the bar and announced an investigation into a charitable group associated with it.

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Judge reportedly strikes down law Ken Paxton frequently uses to investigate nonprofits
2 months, 1 week ago

Judge reportedly strikes down law Ken Paxton frequently uses to investigate nonprofits

Raw Story  

By Alejandro Serrano and Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune, and Vianna Davila, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica Attorney General Ken Paxton can’t use a state statute that he repeatedly relies on to scrutinize various companies and nonprofits — including an El Paso migrant shelter network and a nonprofit focused on increasing Latinos’ civic participation — after a federal magistrate judge …

Judge in Texas orders pause on Biden program that offers legal status to spouses of US citizens
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge in Texas orders pause on Biden program that offers legal status to spouses of US citizens

Associated Press  

McALLEN, Texas — A federal judge in Texas on Monday paused a Biden administration policy that would give spouses of U.S. citizens legal status without having to first leave the country, dealing at least a temporary setback to one of the biggest presidential actions to ease a path to citizenship in years. The states accused the administration of bypassing Congress …

Texas bar can discipline Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton for trying to reverse 2020 election, court rules
8 months ago

Texas bar can discipline Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton for trying to reverse 2020 election, court rules

LA Times  

The State Bar of Texas can now punish Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton can face discipline from the state bar association over his failed effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. A disciplinary committee of the State Bar of Texas accused Paxton in 2022 of making false claims of fraud in a lawsuit that questioned President Biden’s victory. Earlier this week, …

Judge rejects attempts to toss indictments against Texas AG Ken Paxton
10 months ago

Judge rejects attempts to toss indictments against Texas AG Ken Paxton

Raw Story  

HOUSTON — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton remains on track to be tried for felony fraud this spring after the presiding judge shot down his attempts to have the charges thrown out. During a Friday court hearing in Houston, Harris County District Court Judge Andrea Beall rejected Paxton’s arguments that his right to a speedy trial had been violated. “We …

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton gets temporary reprieve from testifying in lawsuit against him
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton gets temporary reprieve from testifying in lawsuit against him

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to temporarily halt state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s scheduled testimony in a whistleblower lawsuit that was at the heart of the impeachment charges brought against him in 2023, delaying what could have been the Republican’s first sworn statements on corruption allegations. The court gave attorneys for a group of former …

Whistleblowers who reported Texas AG Ken Paxton to FBI want court to continue lawsuit
1 year, 2 months ago

Whistleblowers who reported Texas AG Ken Paxton to FBI want court to continue lawsuit

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A group of whistleblowers who reported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to the FBI said Monday they are not giving up their own legal fight against the Republican after his acquittal on corruption charges at his impeachment trial. Four of Paxton’s former advisers have asked the Texas Supreme Court to resume their whistleblower lawsuit against Paxton after …

Texas AG Ken Paxton was acquitted at his impeachment trial. He still faces legal troubles
1 year, 3 months ago

Texas AG Ken Paxton was acquitted at his impeachment trial. He still faces legal troubles

Associated Press  

DALLAS — For years, the powers and protections that come with being Texas’ top lawyer have helped Ken Paxton fend off ethics complaints, criminal charges and an FBI investigation. “Now that this shameful process is over, my work to defend our constitutional rights will resume.” Back in office, Paxton nonetheless still faces serious risk on three fronts: an ongoing federal …

Both sides rest in Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial, moving historic case closer to a verdict
1 year, 3 months ago

Both sides rest in Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial, moving historic case closer to a verdict

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton moved closer to a verdict Thursday as closing arguments were set in the historic case that has put the embattled Republican’s career in jeopardy over accusations of corruption and bribery. Attorneys for the bipartisan group of lawmakers prosecuting Paxton’s impeachment rested their case Wednesday after a woman who …

At impeachment, lawyer recounts Texas AG Ken Paxton supervising his investigation into FBI and judge
1 year, 3 months ago

At impeachment, lawyer recounts Texas AG Ken Paxton supervising his investigation into FBI and judge

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton coordinated through encrypted communications with a lawyer he hired to investigate law enforcement officials probing one of the Republican’s wealthy donors, the lawyer testified at Paxton’s impeachment trial Tuesday. Paxton’s hiring of Cammack in 2020 prompted eight of his top deputies to report the attorney general to law enforcement for allegedly committing …

Texas AG Ken Paxton pleads not guilty at impeachment trial and then leaves as arguments get underway
1 year, 3 months ago

Texas AG Ken Paxton pleads not guilty at impeachment trial and then leaves as arguments get underway

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The historic impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton began Tuesday with accusations of corruption that went unchecked for years and the Republican pleading not guilty as his party confronts whether to oust one of former President Donald Trump’s biggest defenders. “The Texas House took away the votes of the over 4 million people who voted …

Texas Capitol jolted by investigation of attorney general, accusation House speaker was drunk on job
1 year, 7 months ago

Texas Capitol jolted by investigation of attorney general, accusation House speaker was drunk on job

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — 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, who …

Ken Paxton wants more power to prosecute election crimes. These bills in the Texas Legislature would give it to him.
1 year, 11 months ago

Ken Paxton wants more power to prosecute election crimes. These bills in the Texas Legislature would give it to him.

Raw Story  

Jan. 12, 2023 This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. One allows the office to appoint special prosecutors to such cases, while the other empowers the office to penalize local prosecutors who “limit election law enforcement.” Although no evidence of widespread voter fraud has been found, Texas Attorney General …

Judge dismisses disciplinary case against Texas AG’s deputy
2 years, 3 months ago

Judge dismisses disciplinary case against Texas AG’s deputy

Associated Press  

DALLAS — A Texas judge has thrown out a lawsuit that the state bar brought seeking to discipline the top deputy to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over the Republican’s failed effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud. Judge John Youngblood dismissed the case against First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster with prejudice last …

Cornyn: Texas AG Ken Paxton’s legal woes an ‘embarrassment’
2 years, 7 months ago

Cornyn: Texas AG Ken Paxton’s legal woes an ‘embarrassment’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas on Thursday blasted one of his party’s top leaders back home, calling the mounting pile of accusations and legal woes Attorney General Ken Paxton faces an “embarrassment” just days before a primary runoff election. “This is the chief law enforcement officer of the state of Texas and it’s a source of …

AP Exclusive: State bar investigating Texas attorney general
3 years, 6 months ago

AP Exclusive: State bar investigating Texas attorney general

Associated Press  

DALLAS — 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 State Bar of Texas initially declined to take up a Democratic Party activist’s complaint that Paxton’s petitioning of the U.S. Supreme Court to block Joe Biden’s victory …

Republicans trod well-worn path to court to sue Biden
3 years, 8 months ago

Republicans trod well-worn path to court to sue Biden

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — These are busy days for Republican state attorneys general, filing repeated lawsuits that claim President Joe Biden and his administration are overstepping their authority on immigration, climate change, the environment and taxes. “This is something the Republicans have taken from the Democratic playbook, just as the Democrats had taken a lot of things from the Republican playbook during …

Texas takes on Biden but Republicans keep distance from AG
3 years, 10 months ago

Texas takes on Biden but Republicans keep distance from AG

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — As President Joe Biden’s agenda is dealt an early blow in Texas, the embattled Republican attorney general promising more fights ahead with the new administration is getting little public support from members of his party, even as they cheer the results. That’s the real litmus test,” said Republican state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, who pointed toward the deportation …

US Supreme Court rejects Texas suit seeking to subvert Biden's victory; 'we’re not finished,' says Trump team
4 years ago

US Supreme Court rejects Texas suit seeking to subvert Biden's victory; 'we’re not finished,' says Trump team

Firstpost  

Washington: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit by Texas that had asked the court to throw out the election results in four battleground states that US president Donald Trump lost in November, ending any prospect that a brazen attempt to use the courts to reverse his defeat at the polls would succeed. “I think this will end up …

The Supreme Court Shoots Down Texas’ Radical Attempt to Overturn the Election
54 years, 11 months ago

The Supreme Court Shoots Down Texas’ Radical Attempt to Overturn the Election

Slate  

On Friday evening, the Supreme Court shot down an attempt by Texas to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the justices to nullify every vote cast in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, then direct the legislatures of each state to appoint their electors to Donald Trump. In a brief order, however, the Supreme …

Supreme Court Dismisses Texas Lawsuit Aiming To Overturn Election Results
4 years ago

Supreme Court Dismisses Texas Lawsuit Aiming To Overturn Election Results

NPR  

Supreme Court Dismisses Texas Lawsuit Aiming To Overturn Election Results SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The U.S. Supreme Court last night rejected a lawsuit that tried yet again to overturn the election results. This one was brought by Texas and 17 other Republican-run states alleging election fraud in four states won by Joe Biden. So on Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton …

US top court refuses to take up latest Trump election challenge
4 years ago

US top court refuses to take up latest Trump election challenge

Al Jazeera  

The United States Supreme Court has rejected a long-shot lawsuit filed by Texas and backed by President Donald Trump to challenge the presidential election results, effectively dealing Trump another blow in multiple failed attempts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory. Two of the court’s conservatives, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas, said they would have allowed Texas to sue but …

Supreme Court shoots down scheme by Texas and Republicans to overturn the 2020 election
4 years ago

Supreme Court shoots down scheme by Texas and Republicans to overturn the 2020 election

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump has lost in court once again. "The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an audacious lawsuit by Texas that had asked the court to throw out the presidential election results in four battleground states captured by President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.," The New York Timesreported Friday. "The court, in a brief unsigned order, said Texas lacked standing to …

Pennsylvania blasts Texas’ bid to overturn Biden’s election
4 years ago

Pennsylvania blasts Texas’ bid to overturn Biden’s election

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Lawyers for Pennsylvania responded in the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to Texas’ effort to overturn the election result in four states for President-elect Joe Biden, calling it a “seditious abuse” of the courts that rests on conspiracy theories and falsehoods. Texas is using bogus and false claims in a legally indefensible effort to disenfranchise huge numbers …

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s last-chance lawsuit to undo Biden’s election victory
4 years ago

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s last-chance lawsuit to undo Biden’s election victory

LA Times  

The Supreme Court’s rejection of the suit — from Texas’ attorney general and joined by many Republicans — came as no surprise. The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a highly unusual lawsuit backed by President Trump that urged the justices to overturn the election result by nullifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in four key states: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia. …

Supreme Court Shuts Door On Texas Suit Seeking To Overturn Election
4 years ago

Supreme Court Shuts Door On Texas Suit Seeking To Overturn Election

NPR  

Supreme Court Shuts Door On Texas Suit Seeking To Overturn Election Enlarge this image toggle caption Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 4:53 a.m. "Texas invites this court to overthrow the votes of the American people and choose the next president of the United States," wrote Georgia Attorney General Christopher Carr, chairman of the …

Utah governor condemns attorney general joining Texas suit
4 years ago

Utah governor condemns attorney general joining Texas suit

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s Republican governor and governor-elect on Thursday condemned the attorney general’s decision to join a Texas lawsuit to invalidate the presidential race results in four battleground states that President Donald Trump lost. Herbert told reporters that candidates and campaigns are responsible for pursuing election-related legal challenges and called Utah’s involvement “a waste of our taxpayers’ dollars.” …

Trump’s election fight puts embattled Texas AG in spotlight
4 years ago

Trump’s election fight puts embattled Texas AG in spotlight

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A lawsuit that President Donald Trump is now calling “the big one” in his effort to overturn the outcome of the presidential election is helmed by an embattled Texas ally who is likewise trying to reverse his own skidding fortunes. Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate Electoral College votes in …

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general taking Trump’s voter fraud conspiracies to the Supreme Court
4 years ago

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general taking Trump’s voter fraud conspiracies to the Supreme Court

CNN  

CNN — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has fought in the courts for President Donald Trump’s causes before, has emerged as one of the final defenders of the President’s baseless claims of voter fraud in hopes of overturning the election. “Using the Covid-19 pandemic as a justification,” he wrote in the lawsuit, officials in the battleground states “usurped their …

Trump Asks Supreme Court To Let Him Join Widely Scorned Texas Election Lawsuit
4 years ago

Trump Asks Supreme Court To Let Him Join Widely Scorned Texas Election Lawsuit

NPR  

Trump Asks Supreme Court To Let Him Join Widely Scorned Texas Election Lawsuit Enlarge this image toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP Evan Vucci/AP Election experts scoffed this week when Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he would be filing a lawsuit in the Supreme Court against four key states in an attempt to block presidential electors from finalizing Joe Biden's election …

Ken Paxton: The rank hypocrisy of the Texas AG’s election case (opinion)
4 years ago

Ken Paxton: The rank hypocrisy of the Texas AG’s election case (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: James Moore is a political analyst, author and business communications consultant who has been writing and reporting on Texas politics since 1975. And when the Texas Republican attorney general filed a suit on Tuesday with the US Supreme Court on behalf of his state, he also became an even more rank hypocrite. The staffers insisted they had “a …

AP Explains: The FBI is investigating Texas AG Ken Paxton
4 years, 1 month ago

AP Explains: The FBI is investigating Texas AG Ken Paxton

The Independent  

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AP Explains: The FBI is investigating Texas AG Ken Paxton
4 years, 1 month ago

AP Explains: The FBI is investigating Texas AG Ken Paxton

Associated Press  

DALLAS — The FBI recently opened a criminal investigation into claims that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton abused his office to benefit a wealthy donor. The FBI’s interest in Texas’ top law enforcement official arose from a rebellion by Paxton’s top deputies, who accused him of breaking the law by using his office to help a wealthy donor with a …

Texas congressman calls on state attorney general to resign
4 years, 2 months ago

Texas congressman calls on state attorney general to resign

Associated Press  

DALLAS — A Republican congressman from Texas became the most prominent member of his party to call for the resignation of the state’s Republican attorney general, Ken Paxton, after Paxton’s top deputies reported him to law enforcement for alleged crimes including bribery and abuse of office. Rep. Chip Roy, who was previously Paxton’s second in command in the attorney general’s …

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