Bribery, Coercion, Abuse: Look Inside the Allegations Against Ken Paxton
The whistleblowers who have accused Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of crimes in office have raised serious allegations, but any prosecution based on their complaint is likely to face an uphill battle, according to criminal law experts.
Pages and pages of details of the criminal allegations became public last week when four of the seven former top executives sued Paxton’s office under the Texas Whistleblowers Act, alleging Paxton retaliated against them and fired them after they reported his conduct to law enforcement.
Texas Lawyer asked three criminal law experts with decades of experience as prosecutors and criminal defense lawyers to read the lawsuit and analyze the criminal allegations against Paxton.
While the allegations are hefty enough to warrant a full investigation, lawyers said that prosecuting Paxton would be difficult.
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