For years, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton used his office to allegedly inappropriately help a campaign donor, a group of investigators working for a Texas House panel revealed Wednesday.
For years, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton allegedly used his office to inappropriately help a campaign donor, a group of investigators working for a Texas House panel revealed Wednesday.
The investigation primarily centered on what the whistleblowers alleged and the $3.3 million settlement they were ultimately awarded. Payment on that settlement has not yet been funded by the Texas Legislature. The committee hearing — which was previously scheduled — comes less than a day after Paxton accused House Speaker Dade Phelan of being intoxicated on the House floor andIn a statement posted on Twitter, Paxton said Phelan was trying to “sabotage my work as Attorney General.”
Erin Epley, the lead attorney in the group of House investigators, said the decision"was the correct one under the law.” “This particular delivery was abnormal enough that it was discussed with his supervisor,” Epley said.
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