Texas Supreme Court dismisses State Bar lawsuit against assistant attorney general

By Jess Huff, The Texas Tribune "Texas Supreme Court dismisses State Bar lawsuit against assistant attorney general" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster that sought to take away his law license for engaging in “dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation” in a legal filing he and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton submitted regarding 2020 election results. “After four years of lawfare and political retaliation, the Texas Supreme Court has ended this witch hunt against the leadership of my office,” Paxton said in a statement released Tuesday. “The Texas State Bar attempted to punish us for fighting to secure our national elections but we did not and will not ever back down from doing what is right.” Webster echoed Paxton’s statement in the same press release, saying President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in November would allow them to return the work of “making Texas and America great again without distraction.” Lowell Brown, associate deputy director for the State Bar, said the bar had no comment on the decision.