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Top deputies to Attorney General Ken Paxton pushed out over sexual harassment allegations, lawsuit says

The harassment allegedly took place while the two were on leave from the agency working on Paxton’s impeachment defense.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Supreme Court dismisses State Bar lawsuit against assistant attorney general

The state bar sought to take away the law license of Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster over a Texas lawsuit challenging 2020 presidential election results.

The Texas Tribune

Whistleblowers ask judge to order Ken Paxton, aides to sit for depositions

The motion, filed Tuesday, comes a week after a judge in Burnet County allowed the 3-year-old whistleblower lawsuit to proceed.

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Two of Ken Paxton’s top deputies depart attorney general’s office

Emails obtained by The Texas Tribune show the attorneys were expected to return to work after the impeachment trial ended and their extended absence raised concerns internally about the offices’ ability to function properly.

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Ken Paxton’s deputy demands back pay for months the attorney general was suspended

Comptroller Glenn Hegar said he disagreed with Paxton’s interpretation of the law and suggested he seek a ruling from the Texas Supreme Court.

The Texas Tribune

An emboldened Ken Paxton returns to a battered attorney general’s office

The impeachment proceedings, and the events that precipitated them, have left the Texas Office of the Attorney General in turmoil. Can Paxton steady the ship of an institution vital to the conservative cause?

The Texas Tribune

Ken Paxton impeachment defense rests after calling 4 witnesses

Senators will hear closing arguments beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, after which they will deliberate in private before emerging to cast votes on whether the attorney general can remain in office.

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“I did everything at his supervision”: Outside lawyer says Ken Paxton approved every step of Nate Paul investigation

Houston lawyer Brandon Cammack said he was excited to help the attorney general’s office with a criminal investigation. But after a whirlwind month, he was fired without payment and felt he’d “gotten the rug pulled out from me.”

The Texas Tribune

2021 statements about role of outside lawyer could play a part in Ken Paxton impeachment trial

Paxton’s top aide told senators that an agency-hired lawyer worked with the Travis County district attorney’s office to investigate a complaint by Nate Paul. County prosecutors dispute that.

The Texas Tribune

Impeachment trial will delay Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s state bar ethics case

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won’t have to fight an ethics lawsuit over his challenge to the 2020 presidential election results until after his impeachment trial.

Tribune News Service

Ethics rules waived for Texas AG lawyers defending boss, Ken Paxton, in impeachment trial

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas attorney general’s office waived its own ethics rules when allowing six employees to take extended leaves to defend their boss, Ken Paxton, in his upcoming impeachment trial, according to agency records obtained by The Dallas Morning News.

Tribune News Service

Lawyer currently leading Texas attorney general’s office has been swept up in Ken Paxton’s legal challenges

Brent Webster came to the Texas attorney general’s office in 2020. His work as Ken Paxton’s top aide was quickly mired in controversy.

The Texas Tribune

House unveils bill giving state authority to “repel” and return migrants crossing from Mexico

House Bill 20 by state Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, would test the boundaries of the state’s ability to enforce immigration law, which courts have historically ruled falls under federal purview.

The Texas Tribune

Judge dismisses disciplinary case against Texas AG's deputy

A Texas judge has thrown out a suit the state bar brought seeking to discipline the top deputy to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over the Republican’s failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud

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Judge dismisses attempt to discipline Texas AG Ken Paxton’s top aide for trying to overturn the 2020 election

The State Bar of Texas brought the complaint after the aide worked on a suit to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in four states.

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A baby who went missing after her parents' death over 40 years ago is found alive

Two bodies were discovered in the woods in Houston in 1981. They were later identified as a couple. But their baby, who is now 42, was not found with them.

The Independent UK

Finding Baby Holly was ‘a miracle,’ says genealogist who helped solve the 40-year-old mystery

EXCLUSIVE: Two genealogists helped ID murder victims found more than 40 years ago – and track down the couple’s missing baby the researchers only learned about from relatives, Sheila Flynn reports

Irish Mirror

Two-year-old girl who went missing on day of parents murder is found 40 years later

The now 42-year-old woman was informed of her identity by police at her workplace earlier this week. She has since spoken to some of her biological family and hopes to meet them

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The Independent UK

Baby Holly’s grandmother reveals joyful reunion after 40-year disappearance

EXCLUSIVE: Donna Casasanta, 80, tells Sheila Flynn about learning that her granddaughter - who vanished as an infant more than four decades ago after the murder of her parents - is alive, well and ready to meet in person

Daily Mirror

Mystery religious cult investigated after baby who vanished 42 years ago is found

Holly Marie Clouse went missing in 1980 along with her parents whose bodies were found in rural Texas a year later. Authorities are now investigating a mysterious cult after a grown up Holly Marie was found

The Independent UK

Baby Holly’s grandmother reveals joyful reunion after 40-year disappearance: ‘She has her mother’s voice’

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Exclusive: Finding Baby Holly was ‘a miracle,’ says genealogist who solved the 40-year-old mystery

Two genealogists helped ID murder victims found more than 40 years ago – and track down the couple’s missing baby the researchers only learned about from relatives, Sheila Flynn reports

The Independent UK

Texas Bar looks to discipline Attorney General Ken Paxton for helping Trump try to overturn 2020 election

Mr Paxton attempted to have the 2020 election in four swing states overturned to favour former president Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Texas AG says bar is suing him over 2020 election challenge

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says that the state bar plans to sue him over his failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election based on bogus claims of fraud

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