Ken Paxton refuses to release messages about attendance at pro-Trump rally before 1/6 insurrection

[Nevilledog]

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Beki 🇺🇸
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Why is Ken Paxton refusing to release his emails and text messages? There should be full transparency from elected officials pertaining to Jan 6th.
Attorney General Ken Paxton spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Feb. 27, 2021.

Ken Paxton refuses to release messages about attendance at pro-Trump …
The Texas Tribune joined several other news organizations in an effort to obtain copies of emails and text messages that the Texas attorney general sent or received while in Washington for the rally.
texastribune.org
8:13 AM · Mar 25, 2021

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/25/texas-ken-paxton-trump-insurrection/

The Texas attorney general's office is attempting to withhold all messages Ken Paxton sent or received while in Washington for the pro-Donald Trump rally that devolved into a riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Several news organizations in Texas have requested copies of the attorney general's work-related communications. The Texas Public Information Act guarantees the public's right to government records — even if those records are stored on personal devices or online accounts of public officials.

After Paxton's office refused to release copies of his emails and text messages, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, The Austin American-Statesman, The Dallas Morning News, The Houston Chronicle, and The San Antonio Express-News are working together in an effort to obtain the documents and review Paxton's open-records practices.

The news outlets discovered that Paxton's office, which is supposed to enforce the state's open records laws, has no policy governing the release of work-related messages stored on Paxton's personal devices. It is unclear whether the office reviews Paxton’s email accounts and phones to look for requested records, or whether the attorney general himself determines what to turn over without any outside checks.

Paxton is now facing some of the most intense public scrutiny of his career. The Republican attorney general is reportedly under federal investigation for allegedly abusing his office to help a campaign donor. He also led a failed attempt to overturn the presidential election, joining with other GOP attorneys general in a lawsuit seeking to invalidate swing state victories by Democrat Joe Biden.

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[hibbing]

1. It did not "devolve into a riot"

Like it was some organic thing that just happened. What a ridiculous statement.

Peace

[demtenjeep]

2. because he is all up in it

he shouldn't even have his job

[dixiechiken1]

3. Why does this criminal POS still have a job?

I don't understand...