The Many Times Ken Paxton Refused to Defend Texas Agencies in Court – By Jessica Priest and Vianna Davila (ProPublica) / Sept 21, 2023
The Texas attorney general said he’s “back to work” after his recent acquittal, but his office has repeatedly declined to fulfill one of its key duties: representing state agencies who are being sued.
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Soon after his acquittal in an impeachment trial last weekend, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released a statement that lambasted the proceedings but also spelled out his plan to continue challenging Biden administration policies now that he was being reinstated in office.
“Now that this shameful process is over, my work to defend our constitutional rights will resume,” the statement read.
“Now it is back to work!”
With his reinstatement, Paxton will return to his job overseeing an office of nearly 4,000 employees who handle thousands of legal cases every year — many of them connected to state agencies facing lawsuits.
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