BREAKING: Anonymous sources confirm to AP the FBI is investigating Republican TX AG

[Roland99]

#BREAKING: Anonymous sources confirm to AP the @FBI is investigating Republican @TXAG
Ken Paxton after 7 senior staffers reported him for alleged bribery, abuse of office in helping campaign donor Nate Paul. All 7 have been fired, resigned or put on leave
@CourthouseNews

Link to tweet

[TexasBushwhacker]

1. GOOD! He is as crooked as they come n/t

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Couldn't have happened to a better Christofascist theocrat...

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Lock him up.

Wait, trial 1st, then plead, then lock him up.

[dalton99a]

4. Paxton is already an indicted con man.

[catrose]

5. Oh PLEASE. He's been under indictment his whole tenure

and Texas keeps voting him into office. Why would you make such a person your AG? And it's personal: He's leading the fight against the ACA.

[Gothmog]

6. Lock this asshole up

Paxton is a crook

[Ilsa]

7. Send him to a prison on the border.

Nice and hot, lots of scorpions, rattlesnakes, javelinas, and mosquitoes to keep him company.

[klook]

15. But an aluminum foil blanket to keep him warm on the concrete floor. (nt)

[herding cats]

8. Boy, I bet he's really bummed to see the administration change hands?!

He's as corrupt as they come and this case has teeth. It's fun to see it go out of a local jurisdiction and into the FBI's hands.

[UTUSN]

9. All those sick T-baggers over there!

[Sneederbunk]

10. Will be ripe for new DOJ to prosecute his arse.

[mysteryowl]

11. So many republicans are engaged in criminal activity.

[BobTheSubgenius]

12. Even after this shitstorm has calmed down, I sense 7 lawsuits coming.

I THOUGHT Texas was finally moving forward.

[tccturtle]

18. We are!

Please remember that while Trump did win the state with 5,881,747 votes. There were also 5,235,835 Texans like myself that voted for President Biden, a net difference of only 645,912 votes in a state where 11,276,392 Texans voted. Which also reflects the highest Democrat turnout ever recorded in Texas' Presidential elections...ever. A net increase of an additional 1.3 million+ votes over 2016.

So plainly put, we are moving forward.

[GopherGal]

24. The good news is that 7 staffers have reported him.

Good to know you've got that many brave whistleblowers.

[SunSeeker]

13. Good. nt

[flibbitygiblets]

14. OH YEAH!!!

[Vivienne235729]

16. GOOD!!! They got pretty brazen there in TX. A little too big for their britches.

I hope he gets the book thrown at him.

[ancianita]

17. At the very least he should be stripped of his law license. Should've been long ago.

[KS Toronado]

19. Rich people buying politicians.

Nate Paul is an Austin real estate investor who donated $25k to Paxton's campaign, as well as to
@JohnCornyn @ChipRoyTx @RepMcCaul
. Paxton's staff mutinied when he appointed outside counsel who issued 39 subpoenas against Paul's enemies
@CourthouseNews

[Roland99]

20. A real estate investor had enemies??

Rough markets in TX

[KS Toronado]

23. Our make believe president is a real estate investor and has millions of enemies.

[Celerity]

21. AG Ken Paxton on misconduct allegations: 'I make no apologies'

https://www.statesman.com/news/20201117/ag-ken-paxton-on-misconduct-allegations-lsquoi-make-no-apologiesrsquo

lock this fuckstick up

[Liberal In Texas]

22. Good, I hope they throw the MFer in jail...

...prison.