Embattled Texas AG Ken Paxton releases anonymous internal investigation clearing himself

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Embattled Texas AG Ken Paxton releases anonymous internal investigation clearing himself

Taylor Goldenstein, Austin Bureau

Updated: Aug. 24, 2021

https://www.expressnews.com/politics/texas/article/Embattled-Texas-AG-Ken-Paxton-releases-anonymous-16408398.php?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-expressnews&utm_content=later-20013731&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office on Tuesday released an internal report that found that Paxton did not accept bribes and did not misuse his office to benefit his friend and campaign donor Nate Paul, despite a continuing FBI investigation of the matter.

The bribery and abuse of office accusations were made by eight of Paxton’s top aides last fall. Four of the whistleblowers have sued Paxton for retaliating against them after they reported him to law enforcement.

“The takeaway from this internal report is that, although Ken Paxton remains under active federal investigation, the people who still work for Paxton say he did nothing wrong,” the whistleblowers’ attorneys said in a joint statement. “Of course, the one-sided internal report is full of half-truths, outright lies, and glaring omissions.”

The attorneys added that it was notable that “whoever in Paxton’s office wrote this report was not willing to put their name on it.”

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[2naSalit]

1. Paging AG Garland on line four...

This needs some serious scrutiny.

[royable]

2. The Onion? Borowitz Report? Mad Magazine?

I do hope the FBI perseveres and comes through.

[DanieRains]

3. Texas Loves Corrupt Lying Asshole Criminals

What a messed up place with still a lot of great people.

[onetexan]

6. hey there's plenty of us who are good citizens, don't lump us in w the crooked GOP

Paxton is a crook & a joke.

[ashredux]

4. You have to give him credit for one thing. He's got big cojones...as we say in Tejas

These guys are not corrupt politicians…they are plain old criminals running a criminal organization

This is a perverse “joke” of an investigation

[Vinca]

5. He must have called in the Cyber Ninja. Not Ninjas . . . Ninja.

And the corporate headquarters is a drop box

[bucolic_frolic]

7. The fix is in

May no man be a judge and jury to his own crimes. Unless he's a Republican.

[KS Toronado]

8. Yep, the old FQX watching the hen house, no problem.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

9. I see the AG of Texas is a republipuke.

How do you say someone’s a republican without saying he’s a republican?

[johnthewoodworker]

10. Stunning! A Republican/Nazi cleared himself of wrongdoing.

[NCjack]

11. It is an authentic report. Ken wrote it himself.

[Ford_Prefect]

12. This!