Our top story: Ken Paxton escapes consequences for his actions, again ... As Senior Writer and Assistant Editor Justin Miller writes, for all the emphasis placed on his alleged #fraud, the attorney general was never headed for prison—at least not on these charges ...
The judge in the case, Andrea Beall, asked questions but observed that the agreement had been made between the parties & the court could not block it.
“No judge can force a prosecutor to present evidence or call witnesses. This court does not have any say in this contract,” Judge Beall said before asking #KenPaxton if the signature on the document was his.
Confused about what’s happening with the stupid, racist, inhumane immigration law (#SB4) in TX? You’re in good company! Steve Vladeck helps break it down in his recent newsletter:
Under Ken Paxton, Texas’ Elite Civil #Medicaid Fraud Unit Is Falling Apart
After the chief of the attorney general’s Civil Medicaid Fraud Division was forced out last year, two-thirds of attorneys have quit the unit, leaving it at its smallest size since Paxton took office.
"Paxton’s agency has been beset by operational struggles in recent years... Paxton’s repeated refusals to defend state agencies in court... dysfunction in the office’s Crime Victims’ Compensation unit... agency’s decision to drop human trafficking & child sexual assault cases because investigators lost track of a victim...
Paxton himself has been the subject of a whistleblower lawsuit... [&] a securities fraud investigation"