Texas AG is facing legal hurdles from the Texas State Bar in the 2020 election
Attorney General Ken Paxton is facing a new legal hurdle after the State Bar of Texas filed a lawsuit against him on Wednesday. The lawsuit seeks to punish Paxton for his failed attempt to cancel the 2020 presidential election on false charges of fraud.
In the wake of Paxton’s “dishonest” appeal to prevent President Biden’s victory, the U.S. Supreme Court has asked a Texas bar court in the Dallas area to impose a specific sentence on the state’s top lawyer. After being accused of professional misconduct, Paxton is now one of the most well-known lawyers at risk of losing his license because of his involvement in former President Trump’s campaign to undermine the legitimacy of Trump’s defeat.
Paxton when Texas Land Commissioner George P. He appealed to a Colin County court the same day after Bush was defeated by a Republican candidate. With Paxton in the midst of a long-delayed trial for state fraud and an ongoing FBI investigation into criminal allegations against him by the attorney general’s own staff, the victory prepared him for a general election showdown with the South Texas Democratic Party. Civil rights lawyer Rochelle Garza.
His attorney, Philip Hilder, declined to comment.
Early last summer, Bar began investigating Paxton’s election allegations, and more recently in May, it launched a criminal case against his top subordinate. Predicting the bar would take action against him, Paxton called the group a working group and said he would stand by his challenge to the “unconstitutional 2020 presidential election”.
They could not be reached for comment, according to a spokesman for the Bar Department of the Texas Supreme Court. Earlier, the organization claimed that “party political motives play no role” in its activities.
A written notice of dismissal or dismissal may be sought by the bar in judicial action against an attorney. The disciplinary procedure is similar to that of a trial and may involve obtaining records from both parties through the collection of evidence and discovery.
As part of a lawsuit to overturn Biden’s victory, Paxton has been accused of “misrepresenting” information before the Supreme Court. Trump backed her in the case. The Supreme Court has dismissed the case and Trump’s judiciary has found no evidence of election-related fraud.
After eight of his top deputies told the FBI in 2020 that the attorney general was using his office to help a wealthy donor, Paxton drew a tremendous amount of initial challengers before winning the nomination on Tuesday. An ongoing federal investigation was triggered by the resignation or dismissal of eight employees who accused him of bribery and other crimes.
In a state securities fraud case pending since 2015, Paxton has denied any wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty.
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