carley: the biden administration let ten judges go. last year. carley: at that time when illegal immigration is high and even more judges are need. why would you fire ten judges. politics clearly politics. there was an article written by mr. steven denan and i even questioned at the very end of my meeting with my supervisors, i said, so let me ask you this question. if i indicated in my tweets, that, all of a sudden, open the boarders let everyone in and i support the biden administration, would i be in this predicament at this time? carley: what did they say. they gave me like this stare, they couldn t answer. then after a brief pause i said, so it s political. they couldn t answer. carley: that kind of says it all to you huh? clearly. carley: what accidents next for you? next i m going to dust off my resume. carley: dust it off. i m not a young man but i still have a lot of qualifications. i was a prior assistant district attorney for 11 and a half years. ca
is unfit for office, he obstructed justice, he did abuse of power, abuse of public trust and many more allegations. and at issue here is allegations that can paxton used his office to benefit a wealthy political donor who was under investigation by the fbi and also facing a lawsuit. the reason this is coming is because of a wrongful termination lawsuit that was filed by several former employees of the office that said that they reported this behavior and were subsequently fired as a result. earlier this year, can paxton settle that lawsuit for three point $3 million. he s asking the legislature to approve state tax dollars to pay that out. that is how we got there today, ken paxton has denied any wrongdoing and i want to let you hear a little bit of what he had to say about all of this.
immediately. pending a trial in the senate. yasmin? give us the background here, right? let s remind folks what happens with this investigation that led to this point we are at? yeah, so, ken paxton has been under investigation since his first term as attorney general. he is now in his third term as attorney general, but the reason this is coming up now is because of a wrongful termination lawsuit that his office settled. it has to deal with several high-level staffers that reported inappropriate behavior, misconduct to authorities, and were subsequently fired. so, in february, paxson s office settled that for three point $3 million, but that settlement would need to be paid out with the state tax dollars. so, this is how all of this came before the texas house, and investigators earlier this week gave hours long testimony,