Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's affair tied to criminal allegations (AP)

[dalton99a]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ap-sources-texas-ags-affair-tied-criminal-allegations-74048784

AP sources: Texas AG's affair tied to criminal allegations
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had an extramarital affair with a woman whom he later helped get a job with a real estate developer at the center of recent criminal allegations against the Republican
By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press
November 5, 2020, 6:40 PM

DALLAS -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had an extramarital affair with a woman whom he later recommended for a job with the wealthy donor now at the center of criminal allegations against him, according to two people who said Paxton told them about the relationship.

The two people, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity due to fears about retaliation, said the high-profile Republican official acknowledged the affair in 2018 to senior members of his office and political staff. They said he told them that he had ended the affair with the woman, who then worked for a GOP state senator.

Austin developer Nate Paul said in a deposition this week that Paxton recommended the woman for her job with Paul’s real estate company, according to a transcript of his deposition obtained by the AP. The woman had stopped working as a Senate aide at the end of 2019, though her reason for departing wasn't immediately clear.

Paul's hiring of the woman at Paxton's recommendation sheds new light on the relationship between the two men.

The attorney general's top deputies reported their boss to the FBI in September for alleged bribery, abuse of office and other crimes. Those allegations stem in part from Paxton's decision to investigate Paul's claims that a federal judge and the FBI broke the law in searches of his home and offices last year.

The disclosure of the affair is likely to deepen political problems for Paxton, who has gained a national profile in office as a crusader for conservative Christian legal causes, even while maintaining his innocence in the face of separate criminal charges.

[Skittles]

1. party of family values

[Blue_true]

6. For someone else. For them it is any thing that they can get away with. nt

[walkingman]

2. AS a Texan I can tell you the folks are scumbags - however, they speak the same language as

the majority of anglos in Texas. sorry, but it is the truth.

[tanyev]

3. I wonder if this is the first time his state senator wife is finding out about this.

She's a right wing piece of work in her own right.

[UpInArms]

4. "a crusader for conservative Christian legal causes"

Lol!

[Blue_true]

5. Unfortunately, his wife was not clever enough to leave a recording device on in his

office.