In an 85-page brief filed Tuesday, the attorney general’s lawyers argue that under state law, a whistleblower must believe someone has broken the law, but the aides only reported that “they expected laws might be violated.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Faces Deeper FBI Scrutiny After Details From Ex-Aides
On 2/12/21 at 10:13 AM EST
The FBI is reportedly widening its investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after new details in claims by former staffers that he helped a real estate developer in return for renovations to his million-dollar home and a job for his alleged mistress.
Last fall, a number of senior staffers accused Texas s highest-ranking attorney of committing crimes to assist Nate Paul, later alleging that the developer or companies owned by him had a hand in work done on Paxton s home.
All of those making accusations quit or were fired; four later sued the attorney general under the state s whistleblower law. The latest details have emerged in an updated court complaint filed Thursday.
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas lawyer says he found a tracking device on his pickup truck during an escalating court battle with a businessman at the center of an FBI
A Texas lawyer says he found a tracking device on his pickup truck during an escalating court battle with a businessman at the center of an FBI investigation.
Lawyer tied to Paxton probe says he found tracking device on truck
Jake Bleiberg
A Texas lawyer says he found a tracking device on his pickup during an escalating court battle with an Austin businessman who is at the center of an FBI investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
In a court filing Monday, attorney Steve Lemmon offered no evidence of how the tracker came to be on his truck and acknowledged not knowing who put it there. But he said “the surveillance clearly appears to be tied to” his case with Nate Paul and that trackers were also found by other people whom the real estate developer sees as “business adversaries.”