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  1. …The deal appeared to put an end to a nearly decade-long legal saga that has seen the case delayed repeatedly, moved between #Texas counties & ultimately set for a trial in Houston — far from #Paxton’s home turf of Collin County, north of Dallas, where a #GrandJury handed up an #indictment in 2015 & where #Paxton has deep #political ties.

    #criminal #law #SecuritiesFraud #KenPaxton #TXAG #legal #Republicans #corruption #AbuseOfPower #VoteBlue

  2. For #Paxton, a 3-term #Republican incumbent, the agreement was another victory over opponents who have long hoped that his #legal troubles would lead to his #political undoing. Last yr, #KenPaxton survived an #impeachment by fellow #Republicans in the #Texas House over separate accusations of #corruption & #AbuseOfPower made by his fmr top aides at the AG’s office.

    #criminal #law #SecuritiesFraud #TXAG #VoteBlue

  3. The judge in the case, Andrea Beall, asked questions but observed that the agreement had been made between the parties & the court could not block it.

    “No judge can force a prosecutor to present evidence or call witnesses. This court does not have any say in this contract,” Judge Beall said before asking #KenPaxton if the signature on the document was his.

    “Yes it is,” #Paxton replied.

    #criminal #law #SecuritiesFraud #TXAG #legal #political #Republicans #corruption #AbuseOfPower

  4. Man #TXAG trial almost interrupted the #FSU game.

    Whew they cut away!

  5. #Texas AG’s office sought state data on #transgender Texans

    “Employees at the TX Dept of Public Safety in June received a sweeping request from #Republican AG Ken Paxton’s office: to compile a list of individuals who had changed their gender on their TX driver’s license & other dept recs during the past 2 yrs.

    By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
    #TXAG #discrimination #equality #lgbtqia #persecution #KenPaxton #GregAbbott
    washingtonpost.com/nation/2022