In a report totaling 374 pages with exhibits, Paxton's office found that the former employees alleging otherwise have "no evidence" of a "quid pro quo"--that Latin phrase meaning "this for that," the type of transactions forbidden by public office holders under anti-corruption law.
Several of Paxton's ex-top aidesdescribed in the report as the "Complainants"accused him of improper influence in the case of Austin real estate investor Nate Paul, who donated to the attorney general's 2018 re-election campaign. They claimed the attorney general performed a series of favors for Paul, allegedly in return for a job for Paxton's mistress, according to the Houston Chronicle. Paul has been under a lengthy FBI investigation, and the investor's properties in the Lone Star State's capital were raided on Aug. 19, 2020.
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Paxton's ex-aidesJeff Mateer, Ryan Bangert, Lacey Mase, Ryan Vassar, Mark Penley, Blake Brickman, and Darren McCart -- were fired or resigned.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/ag-paxton-committed-no-crime-texas-attorney-general-clears-self-of-bribery-accusations-in-unsigned-report/
Imagine that.
He was indicted 6 years ago for securities fraud, but has not had a trial, and has been added to another securities fraud case this year.
Several of Paxton's ex-top aidesdescribed in the report as the "Complainants"accused him of improper influence in the case of Austin real estate investor Nate Paul, who donated to the attorney general's 2018 re-election campaign. They claimed the attorney general performed a series of favors for Paul, allegedly in return for a job for Paxton's mistress, according to the Houston Chronicle. Paul has been under a lengthy FBI investigation, and the investor's properties in the Lone Star State's capital were raided on Aug. 19, 2020.
...
Paxton's ex-aidesJeff Mateer, Ryan Bangert, Lacey Mase, Ryan Vassar, Mark Penley, Blake Brickman, and Darren McCart -- were fired or resigned.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/ag-paxton-committed-no-crime-texas-attorney-general-clears-self-of-bribery-accusations-in-unsigned-report/
Imagine that.
He was indicted 6 years ago for securities fraud, but has not had a trial, and has been added to another securities fraud case this year.
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The name-calling technique making false associations is a child's game. The propagandist who uses this technique hopes that the audience will reject a person and their argument on this false basis.
