Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has won by default in a State Bar lawsuit over his attempt to overturn the 2020 ...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The State Bar of Texas is dropping efforts to discipline Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations that his failed efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 ...
The state bar had sought to sanction Paxton, which could have carried a punishment ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment.
Paxton’s win was unsurprising after the state’s top court sided with his deputy in a similar lawsuit last month.
The Commission for Lawyer Discipline tells the Texas Supreme Court that a related ruling made its case against Paxton moot.