Texas AG Ken Paxton refuses to release messages about attendance at pro-Trump rally before Jan. 6 i

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Source: Texas Tribune/ raw story



March 25, 2021



The Texas attorney general's office is attempting to withhold all messages Ken Paxton sent or received while in Washington for the pro-Donald Trump rally that devolved into a riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Several news organizations in Texas have requested copies of the attorney general's work-related communications. The Texas Public Information Act guarantees the public's right to government records — even if those records are stored on personal devices or online accounts of public officials.

After Paxton's office refused to release copies of his emails and text messages, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, The Austin American-Statesman, The Dallas Morning News, The Houston Chronicle, and The San Antonio Express-News are working together in an effort to obtain the documents and review Paxton's open-records practices.


The news outlets discovered that Paxton's office, which is supposed to enforce the state's open records laws, has no policy governing the release of work-related messages stored on Paxton's personal devices. It is unclear whether the office reviews Paxton's email accounts and phones to look for requested records, or whether the attorney general himself determines what to turn over without any outside checks.

Paxton is now facing some of the most intense public scrutiny of his career. The Republican attorney general is reportedly under federal investigation for allegedly abusing his office to help a campaign donor. He also led a failed attempt to overturn the presidential election, joining with other GOP attorneys general in a lawsuit seeking to invalidate swing state victories by Democrat Joe Biden.
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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/ken-paxton-jan-6/

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Go get him!!




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[SunSeeker]

1. Well, that means they are incredibly incriminating. Lock him up! nt

[bluestarone]

2. Looking at THIS picture makes me wonder

Which one will be the FIRST to throw the other under the bus??? My money is on the ASSHOLE to the LEFT!!!

[blm]

3. His wife AND his mistress will not be happy.

[tanyev]

7. Ha! You ever get the feeling that the only thing keeping that marriage together

is spousal testimonial privilege?

[lagomorph777]

4. Lock him up.

[dalton99a]

5. After Jan. 6:

[Martin68]

6. I'm hoping there is something incriminating there. It will come out if there is (unless he has

destroyed evidence).

[leftieNanner]

8. He's attempting to do the Trumpian way

Ignore a lawful request for documents.

Let's see if they get a subpoena.

HOW THE HELL IS HE STILL THE AG OF TEXAS???

[2naSalit]

9. Probably already in the FBI files anyway.

His refusal only compounds his probable consequences. If the feds want that stuff, he'll be finding out that the days of ignoring subpoenas and all that are over and the more he resists cooperating, the more trouble he'll be in.

Congressional summonses will be enforced by this admin.

[NewJeffCT]

10. As the Republicans have been saying for decades

if he's innocent, what does he have to hide?