Posted on 12/11/2020 7:23:48 AM PST by TigerClaws
The FBI has reportedly issued at least one federal subpoena for records from the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) amid an investigation over allegations of bribery and abuse of office.
Local outlet KVUE reported on Thursday that the subpoena was issued the day prior, however it is not immediately clear what information was requested by the FBI.
The subpoena comes amid an ongoing investigation after members of Paxton's staff raised red flags about actions Paxton allegedly took to benefit Nate Paul, an Austin investor and wealthy donor.
A group of current and former Paxton aides sent a letter to the state’s office of human resources on Oct. 1, claiming to have sent information to federal law enforcement. They reported that the state official had hired an outside lawyer to investigate Paul’s assertion that the FBI improperly raided his home and offices last year.
The complaint also alleges that Paul employed a woman with whom Paxton had an affair and that Paxton had recommended for a job, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
The whistleblowers said in the lawsuit that over time, Paxton became “less rational in his decision making and more unwilling” to listen to criticism.
The full extent of Paxton’s connection with Paul is still unclear, according to a report from The Associated Press. Paul reportedly donated $25,000 to Paxton’s reelection campaign in 2018.
Paxton, however, has denied any wrongdoing and said that “after reviewing the claims made by former employees of this office, their allegations are overblown, based upon assumptions, and to a large degree misrepresent the facts.”
The attorney general made national headlines this week for filing a lawsuit in the Supreme Court against four battleground states in an effort to halt presidential electors from finalizing President-elect Joe Biden's victory over President Trump.
Here we go.............. One un-named w blower and it’s on. Sworn affidavits to fraud in the (s)election and “We haven’t seen any evidence of ‘widespread’ voter fraud.”. Anonymous un-named source and the impeachement was on. Hey fbi——FAH Q!
How do you know this?
I gotta feeling that no matter what, President Trump’s pardon pen is going to run out of ink soon..........
Texas AG did nothing that warrants FBI sudden hyped involvement.
He’s loyal to Trump.
Trump needs to pardon Paxton to send a EffU to Cornyn, Jeb and George P.
If the Democrats are allowed to steal the 2020 election, there will be no more elections. If any are even held, the Democrats will steal them also. If the Democrats steal the 2020 election, things will not return to “normal”, but you will learn that soon enough.
So they have administrative rights in some isolated cases.
But in general, they don’t.
So my original comment stands.
Unless they think Paxton was engaged in some medical insurance scam which um, I didn’t get from the article.
Methinks they went to a Fed Judge and got the supeeny.
And people here say that the FBI is slow to act!
Yep.
Commute Manafort.
I think Roger Stone only got commuted......he should be pardoned.
Paxton Pardon = No Texas AG for George P in 2022
Oh, ok......gotcha!
Indeed Paxton had an affair
Clinton rapes 5 women and sleeps with teenage girls.
Guess who the media will cover.
It doesn't appear that they care anymore, since they are blatantly openly deep staters. They have hamstrung Trump at every turn. So has DOJ and I suspect many other Alphabet agencies.
The FBI is doing the treasonous Texas Dims’ bidding.
And boy are the Texas Dims mad as hell their “blue wave” in Texas fizzled out, and now the Texas governor and AG are going to SCOTUS to negate Biden’s vote frauds.
Petulant Texas Dims.
Spot on.
If it weren’t so Spot On, it would be laughable.
The corruption of the FBI is so thick it may explain why Barr is forced to look like a potted plant, frozen in place, with no authority.
He came in as rather a cheerful warrior, able to do the job, familiar with the building, but discovered things have changed from the old days.
He turned into a mute. Trump even bypasses him, knowing the joint is dirty.
Barr has been sat on by his own team and finds he is a victim of his own Marques of Queensbury Rules.
Hope he comes out as a Whistle-blower and a quiet hero, but not looking good. He appears dejected.
And yet the Clintons and Bidens are untouchable...
Certainly no bias or favoritism here... /s
Man! If we only had Election Whistleblowers the FBI would be all over 2020 Election Fraud!
WWG1WGA !
Wow, they jump like a spider on people that are not democrats.
May the Bushes be remembered for the company they kept!
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