'Ken, You Lost This Case': Texas AG Mocked for Absurdly Claiming a 'WIN' After Supreme Court Rules 9-0 Against Him
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has an astounding talent for avoiding consequences — surviving last year’s impeachment effort and weaseling out of a long-running securities fraud criminal case with only restitution and community service as penalties — but even he can’t get away with a flat-out lie about a Supreme Court verdict against his office.
Paxton was suspended from office after being impeached by the Texas House over multiple counts of corruption and bribery. He got his job back after he was acquitted by the Texas Senate, a legislative body where his wife Angela Paxton (R) is a state senator (although the rules barred her from the vote) and that is led by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), who is supported by the same cabal of wealthy West Texas archconservative donors and who gave Paxton’s campaign a $125,000 “loan” without ever seeming to care if it was paid back.
The embattled attorney general also infamously spearheaded a lawsuit challenging the 2020 election that was so absurd and based on “bogus claims” that not only did the Supreme Court laugh it right out the courthouse doors, he’s facing professional ethical misconduct violations for the attempt.
Paxton got a similarly chilly reception at the nation’s highest court this month, when his office argued against Texas ranchers who were seeking compensation from the state over a Fifth Amendment takings clause issue.
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