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Texas AG demands records from special counsel investigation of Trump
Fox News ^ | November 8, 2024 | Sarah Rumpf-Whitten

Posted on 11/09/2024 9:29:29 AM PST by Navy Patriot

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Biden administration's Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday, demanding that it provide records relating to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s corruption investigation into President-elect Trump.

In a release, the Republican AG alleged that former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who led a team investigating Trump regarding a false Trump-Russia election collaboration, "destroyed records."

"Past Special Counsels, including — notoriously — Robert Mueller, destroyed records at the end of their investigations to avoid accountability," Paxton said in a release.

"It is not clear why nobody was prosecuted for doing so," he added. "This request is part of my Office’s efforts to ensure that Americans are not cheated out of accountability or information again. This pattern of weaponizing the justice system for partisan retribution must end."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: accountability; destroyedevidence; destroyedrecords; destruction; evidencetampering; harassment; jacksmith; lawfare; persecution; robertmueller; specialcounsel; texas; weaponizedgovernment; weaponizedjustice
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Paxton is coming for Smith.
1 posted on 11/09/2024 9:29:29 AM PST by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

BTTT


2 posted on 11/09/2024 9:32:58 AM PST by nopardons
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To: Navy Patriot

Yes he is.

Paxton would be a great pick for US AG.


3 posted on 11/09/2024 9:34:55 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: Navy Patriot

I can hear it now. “The GOP has weaponized the government against innocent DEMs!”


4 posted on 11/09/2024 9:35:25 AM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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Paxton would be a great pick for US AG.

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You beat me to it!!

5 posted on 11/09/2024 9:35:48 AM PST by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: Navy Patriot

Just imagine how many Brandon Harris Extremist Marxist Progressives cell phones, computer servers and hard drives are in the industrial shredders already.


6 posted on 11/09/2024 9:35:50 AM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: Navy Patriot

I knew Paxton was right for America.


7 posted on 11/09/2024 9:36:58 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U
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To: Col Frank Slade

“Paxton would be a great pick for US AG.”

Absolutely. I’ve seen his picture on the screen with a couple other people as possible AG. One was Matt Whitaker, who I really like. But IIRC, when he was in hearings for AG (between Sessions and Barr, I think) he withdraw because he couldn’t take the heat. We need someone who can take major heat. (I may be wrong about this, but it’s how I remember it.)

Mike Davis has recommended Mark Paoletta.


8 posted on 11/09/2024 9:45:44 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Not the whore in '24.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Maybe Trump’s AG?


9 posted on 11/09/2024 9:47:15 AM PST by fuente (Liberty resides in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box--Fredrick Douglas)
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To: Navy Patriot

Very clear violations of USC 18 sections 141 and 142. Penalties can be up to and including death.


10 posted on 11/09/2024 9:56:22 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: Navy Patriot

Get ‘em Ken! The bass turds tried to lynch Paxton and all of Texas said, “NO!”


11 posted on 11/09/2024 9:56:55 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Have the ballot counters in Maricopa County and Las Vegas sobered up yet?)
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To: Navy Patriot

Will he be AG? Or is he still auditioning? Time will tell...


12 posted on 11/09/2024 10:01:24 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: FlyingEagle

Just imagine how many Biden/Harris, Marxist, Progressives’ cell phones,
computer servers and hard drives are in the industrial shredders already.


lol........


13 posted on 11/09/2024 10:06:32 AM PST by Liz ( )
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To: Liz

The phone companies all keep records of the calls and text messages are all retained.


14 posted on 11/09/2024 10:13:45 AM PST by Clean_Sweep
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To: Clean_Sweep

A bit of alright.


15 posted on 11/09/2024 10:16:53 AM PST by Liz ( )
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To: Clean_Sweep

And the ISPs keep a record of every web page that you visit. And AT&T is a branch of the federal government. And license plate readers record and retain everywhere we drive. And google/facebook/apple record and retain everywhere we go.

I want my freedom back. I don’t see that happening.


16 posted on 11/09/2024 10:19:39 AM PST by jdt1138 (Where ever you go, there you are.)
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To: Col Frank Slade

I think Paxton is going to be the pick for AG.


17 posted on 11/09/2024 11:05:38 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Navy Patriot

Republicans have just got to put their fingers in their ears
when the MSM reliably starts to call them names.


18 posted on 11/09/2024 11:21:44 AM PST by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Poor 'lil Travon bees slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: Sir Bangaz Cracka

OK, but could I put my fingers in THEIR eyes instead? ... I’d feel better.


19 posted on 11/09/2024 3:07:29 PM PST by Navy Patriot (I Voted For President Trump, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
I think Paxton is going to be the pick for AG.

I'll hate losing him in Texas though. He would be a great pick for Trump.

20 posted on 11/09/2024 5:07:10 PM PST by Bearshouse (Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem. *Thomas Jefferson)
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