Republicans looking for evidence of politicized law enforcement shouldn’t be looking at the FBI; they should be looking at Texas. (via MaddowBlog)
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton must testify in an abortion lawsuit just a week after a court filing said he fled his home to avoid a subpoena seeking his appearance at a hearing in the case. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman ordered Paxton, a Republican, to testify in a suit that seeks to block state prosecutors from going after abortion providers for offering financial and other aid to Texans seeking abortion services out of state.
Evidently, the judge in this case was originally inclined to grant Paxton’s request to quash the subpoena, but Pitman changed his mind when the state attorney general went to great lengths to avoid being served.All of this coincides withfrom The Associated Press, published last week, that highlighted the extraordinary dysfunction burdening Paxton’s office.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s staff this month quietly dropped a series of human trafficking and child sexual assault cases after losing track of one of the victims, a stumble in open court emblematic of broader dysfunction inside one of America’s most prominent law offices. ...
The same AP report, which has not been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, found Paxton and his deputies have also sought to “turn cases to political advantage or push a broader political agenda.” Republicans looking for evidence of politicized law enforcement shouldn’t be looking at the FBI; they should be looking at Austin., I imagine there were some in his party who looked for an overly generous defense. Sure, these folks might’ve argued, it’s not great to have a state attorney general who’s also suspected of being a criminal, but the controversies shouldn’t necessarily detract from his overall record.
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