Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has won by default in a State Bar lawsuit over his attempt to overturn the 2020 ...

The state bar had sought to sanction Paxton, which could have carried a punishment ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The State Bar of Texas is dropping efforts to discipline Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations that his failed efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 ...

Paxton’s win was unsurprising after the state’s top court sided with his deputy in a similar lawsuit last month.

The Commission for Lawyer Discipline tells the Texas Supreme Court that a related ruling made its case against Paxton moot.

President Donald Trump, center, greets Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, with Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, right, at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Nov. 20, 2019. Credit: Jay Janner ...

“Yes, it is true that my intervention through TRUTH SOCIAL saved Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from going down at the hands of Democrats and some Republicans …” Trump posted on the ...

his family — and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton had traveled to be with Trump for what he described on social media as a “sham of a trial” and a “travesty of justice.” ...