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Texas AG Ken Paxton bans staff lawyers from speaking at state bar events, escalating feud sparked by 2020 election
by Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune
Attorney General Ken Paxton is escalating his feud with the State Bar of Texas by banning his offices lawyers from speaking at any events organized by the bar.
Paxtons office also will not pay for any attorneys to attend bar-sponsored events, according to an internal email obtained by
The Texas Tribune.
The state bar is suing Paxton over his 2020 lawsuit challenging the presidential election results in four battleground states. Paxton has denounced the lawsuit, which alleges professional misconduct, as political harassment.
The internal email sent Monday by Shawn Cowles, Paxtons deputy attorney general for civil litigation references the lawsuit, calling it just the latest instance in the Bars ongoing evolution into a partisan advocacy group.
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