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#BREAKING: Anonymous sources confirm to AP the @FBI is investigating Republican @TXAG
Ken Paxton after 7 senior staffers reported him for alleged bribery, abuse of office in helping campaign donor Nate Paul. All 7 have been fired, resigned or put on leave
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TexasBushwhacker
(20,185 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,467 posts)Wait, trial 1st, then plead, then lock him up.
dalton99a
(81,468 posts)catrose
(5,065 posts)and Texas keeps voting him into office. Why would you make such a person your AG? And it's personal: He's leading the fight against the ACA.
Gothmog
(145,168 posts)Paxton is a crook
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)Nice and hot, lots of scorpions, rattlesnakes, javelinas, and mosquitoes to keep him company.
klook
(12,154 posts)herding cats
(19,564 posts)He's as corrupt as they come and this case has teeth. It's fun to see it go out of a local jurisdiction and into the FBI's hands.
UTUSN
(70,686 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)mysteryowl
(7,383 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)I THOUGHT Texas was finally moving forward.
tccturtle
(42 posts)Please remember that while Trump did win the state with 5,881,747 votes. There were also 5,235,835 Texans like myself that voted for President Biden, a net difference of only 645,912 votes in a state where 11,276,392 Texans voted. Which also reflects the highest Democrat turnout ever recorded in Texas' Presidential elections...ever. A net increase of an additional 1.3 million+ votes over 2016.
So plainly put, we are moving forward.
GopherGal
(2,008 posts)Good to know you've got that many brave whistleblowers.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Vivienne235729
(3,384 posts)I hope he gets the book thrown at him.
ancianita
(36,048 posts)KS Toronado
(17,220 posts)Nate Paul is an Austin real estate investor who donated $25k to Paxton's campaign, as well as to
@JohnCornyn @ChipRoyTx @RepMcCaul
. Paxton's staff mutinied when he appointed outside counsel who issued 39 subpoenas against Paul's enemies
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Roland99
(53,342 posts)Rough markets in TX
KS Toronado
(17,220 posts)Celerity
(43,333 posts)Liberal In Texas
(13,548 posts)...prison.