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Texas's Anti-LGBTQ+ AG, Ken Paxton, Accused of Criminal and Ethical Misdeeds
Ken Paxton, the notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ Texas attorney general, may have committed criminal and ethical misdeeds over the course of his career, according to an ongoing investigation.
The release of the investigators’ findings came shortly after Paxton accused Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, a fellow Republican who chairs the ethics committee that ordered the probe, of being drunk on duty.
The investigation began after Paxton requested $3.3 million in state funds to settle lawsuits brought by former employees “who claim they were fired for reporting Paxton to law enforcement for alleged bribery,” Bloomberg CityLabreports. Legislators refused to allocate the money, and Phelan’s committee ordered an investigation that remained secret until now.
Investigators testifying Wednesday before the Texas House said that Paxton, AG since 2015, “had very likely committed crimes, including felonies, as he abused and misused his office to help a real estate developer and donor, and retaliated against those in his office who spoke up against him,” The New York Timesreports.
The release of the investigators’ findings came shortly after Paxton accused Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, a fellow Republican who chairs the ethics committee that ordered the probe, of being drunk on duty.
The investigation began after Paxton requested $3.3 million in state funds to settle lawsuits brought by former employees “who claim they were fired for reporting Paxton to law enforcement for alleged bribery,” Bloomberg CityLabreports. Legislators refused to allocate the money, and Phelan’s committee ordered an investigation that remained secret until now.
Investigators testifying Wednesday before the Texas House said that Paxton, AG since 2015, “had very likely committed crimes, including felonies, as he abused and misused his office to help a real estate developer and donor, and retaliated against those in his office who spoke up against him,” The New York Timesreports.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/ken-paxton-criminal-investigation
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