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Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ... (newsie.social)
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Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas.

One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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@ProPublica@newsie.social

The taxpayers of Texas are being grifted?!?

Who could have predicted…

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    [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    @ProPublica@newsie.social that's the way the NCGOP captured lawyers and law firms here. It was the first thing they did before assaulting voting rights in 2013.

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    @ProPublica@newsie.social

    Ken Paxton is a criminal, who should be removed from office.

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    @ProPublica@newsie.social Ken Paxton is corrupt to the bone. When a criminal runs the government, they have a sense of impunity.

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    @ProPublica@newsie.social there are no laws that hold Texas politicians accountable for corruption.

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    @ProPublica@newsie.social

    Republican grift & public corruption takes many forms.
    https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-law-firm-diversity-programs-jones-day-2025-3

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates-securing-trump-3rd-term/?id=120551202

    Trump's demands for fealty from law firms is part that grift.
    https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-accuses-trump-of-trying-to-kill-all-the-lawyers-in-brutal-ruling/

    https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/17/here-are-the-go-to-law-firms-for-gop-controlled-wisconsin-legislature/84436076007/

    https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/5232148-gop-attorneys-general-law-firms-dei-trump/

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/14/tax-status-non-profits-terrorism-republicans

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