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Show me the record of the 911 call or it didn't happen.
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I'm certainly no fan of Ken Paxton, but, isn't the proper way to server the Texas State Attorney General, to serve him at his office or that of his office's legal counsel?

The lawsuit in question was against the State of Texas, not against Ken Paxton in his personal capacity. I'm sure that there is a well-publicized, formal procedure for serving the State of Texas, or the Attorney General in his official capacity, with a subpeona.
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My understanding is he was being served a subpoena to appear in federal court as a witness. The rules of service would be in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

The Rules may be different than those for serving Summons of a Complaint having been filed.
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https://www.wonkette.com/texas-ag-ken-p ... irl-scouts

Wonkette's take on the process serving attempts.
Texas AG Ken Paxton Declares Open Season On Process Servers, Meter Readers, Girl Scouts
Doktor Zoom


So yeah, Paxton is pretty clear: He believes he'd have been justified in shooting Herrera (process server) dead, because violent radical liberals are out there attacking decent real Americans every moment of the day. As to whether other Texans should start shooting anyone who comes to their door, the important thing in a Stand Your Ground defense is that you have your story ready and that the other party be unable to contradict it, if you know what we mean and we think you do.

Also, in situations where you fear a charging incoherent stranger so much that you might have to use deadly force to protect yourself, make sure you send your spouse out to start the car first. That's just prudent.
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Isn't he in jail yet?
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Still not in jail.
Texas Attorney General @TXAG wrote: Attorney General Paxton has tirelessly defended the Constitution, advanced the rule of law, and fought for justice.

Yesterday, he officially began his third term as Attorney General and will continue in his unwavering commitment to serve the People of Texas.
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Paxton and Abbot had to practice not extending their arms fully for that shot.
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Judge says Texas Attorney General Paxton must face ethics lawsuit

Mike Scarcella and Jacqueline Thomsen
Mon, January 30, 2023 at 7:55 PM GMT+1

(Reuters) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton must face an ethics lawsuit by state attorney regulators over a case he brought challenging results of the 2020 election, according to a court ruling posted on Monday.

Judge Casey Blair on Friday denied Paxton's bid to dismiss the case on jurisdictional grounds. Blair said he was not ruling on the merits of the case.

Paxton's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for Texas bar authorities declined to comment.

The ruling is a setback for Paxton, who had argued that his work as the top Texas state lawyer was beyond the reach of Texas attorney ethics regulators. Potential penalties if the case succeeds could include suspension or disbarment.

The Texas State Bar, an agency that oversees licensed attorneys in the state, filed the lawsuit against Paxton in state court in Dallas last May. The complaint said Paxton made "dishonest" statements in a lawsuit that sought to toss 2020 election votes in four states.




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I guess I need to understand how the oversight of lawyers works.

Paxton argued that because he is the attorney general that he is immune from investigation by the agency that grants him the right privilege to practice law?

I always thought that if you have a license, there is an implied, if not express, contract to play by the rules that are established by the agency affording you the ability to do your work.

Maybe he thinks he is Bill Barr?
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He probably thinks he is greater than Bill Barr. After all, Paxton is from TEXAS!
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humblescribe wrote: Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:15 pm I guess I need to understand how the oversight of lawyers works.

Paxton argued that because he is the attorney general that he is immune from investigation by the agency that grants him the right privilege to practice law?

I always thought that if you have a license, there is an implied, if not express, contract to play by the rules that are established by the agency affording you the ability to do your work.

Maybe he thinks he is Bill Barr?
As I understand it, the train of 'thought' is that he is the supreme law enforcement/prosecutorial authority in Texas, and since suspension of a privilege is punitive, it comes under his author-i-tah.

But I could just be aggrandizing some lizard-brain neural impulses as actual thought.

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The Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, agreed to pay $3.3 million in a settlement with four former senior aides who said he had retaliated against them after they accused him of corruption and other crimes.
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Volkonski wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:10 pm
The Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, agreed to pay $3.3 million in a settlement with four former senior aides who said he had retaliated against them after they accused him of corruption and other crimes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/k ... tw-nytimes
Who will pay it? Paxton or the state?
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Let’s see…

Hmmm….

That is an ethical dilemma…

Oh wait…

Ethics smethics

The tax payers pay as always.
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AndyinPA wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:17 pm
Volkonski wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:10 pm
The Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, agreed to pay $3.3 million in a settlement with four former senior aides who said he had retaliated against them after they accused him of corruption and other crimes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/k ... tw-nytimes
Who will pay it? Paxton or the state?
From title line two:
The multimillion-dollar settlement will come from state funds
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The mediated settlement agreement still must be finalized, and notes that it is contingent on “necessary approvals for funding,” which must still come from the Texas Legislature.
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This must hurt him the most:
NYT wrote:Mr. Paxton agreed not only to the payment — which would come from state funds — but also to the text of an apology to the men, conservative lawyers who had once been in some of the state’s top legal positions.

“Attorney General Ken Paxton accepts that plaintiffs acted in a manner that they thought was right and apologizes for referring to them as ‘rogue employees,’” said a mediated settlement agreement filed with the State Supreme Court on Friday.
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NYT wrote:Mr. Paxton agreed not only to the payment — which would come from state funds — …
As a Texas resident and taxpayer, I want to have a few choice words with Mr. Paxton right about now.
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Maybe he won’t get re-elected.

Lol, as if!
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Paxton filled a lawsuit opposing the omnibus spending bill. His position is that since too many members voted by proxy, there was not a quorum physically present, which he claims the Constitution requires, and therefore the bill is null and void.
Lawsuit here: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/si ... plaint.pdf
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raison de arizona wrote: Thu Feb 16, 2023 1:08 am Paxton filled a lawsuit opposing the omnibus spending bill. His position is that since too many members voted by proxy, there was not a quorum physically present, which he claims the Constitution requires, and therefore the bill is null and void.
Lawsuit here: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/si ... plaint.pdf
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Does Texas have, I dunno, standing here?
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Justice Dept. in DC taking over Texas AG corruption probe
Justice Department officials in Washington have taken over the corruption investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, removing the case from the hands of the federal prosecutors in Texas who’d long been leading the probe.

The move was disclosed in a statement by state prosecutors handling their own case against Paxton. It’s the latest development in the federal investigation into the attorney general, who came under FBI scrutiny in 2020 after his own top deputies accused him of bribery and abusing his office to help one of his campaign contributors, who also employed a woman with whom Paxton acknowledged having had an extramarital affair.

The investigation of the three-term Republican is now being led by the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section, which prosecutes allegations of official misconduct against elected leaders at the local, state and federal level. The U.S. attorney’s office in Texas was recently recused from the complex case after working on it for years — an abrupt change that came within days of Paxton agreeing to apologize and pay $3.3 million in taxpayer money to four of the former staffers who reported him to the FBI.

State prosecutors working on a separate securities fraud case against Paxton — Brian Wice and Kent Schaffer — said in a statement to The Associated Press on Thursday that they were notified of the move. They referred all questions to the Justice Department, which declined to comment.
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It was not immediately clear what prompted top Justice Department officials to recuse the federal prosecutors in West Texas but the move was pushed for by Paxton’s attorneys. One of his defense lawyers, Dan Cogdell, said Thursday that he’d previously appealed to agency officials to take the case out of the hands of the local U.S. attorney’s office, which he said had “an obvious conflict” because of the overlapping allegations and investigations that led to the probe of Paxton.
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