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The Blast: Top Texas lawyers file ethics complaint against Ken Paxton
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LAWYERS AND LEGAL EXPERTS FILE ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST KEN PAXTON
Four former State Bar of Texas presidents joined Texas legal ethics experts to file a complaint Tuesday against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
The 31-page complaint alleges that Paxton has demonstrated a pattern of “serious ethical misconduct” — including when he sued four battleground states in the 2020 election for “unlawfully enacting last-minute changes” — a case the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take.
“The standing to sue Mr. Paxton sought from the Supreme Court had no basis in law and would have been a prescription for an autocratic President to perpetuate his power indefinitely against the will of the voters,” said Gershon Ratner, co-founder of Lawyers Defending American Democracy, in a statement.
The complaint also expresses concerns that Paxton holds responsibility for encouraging the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection.
“When Mr. Paxton urged people to come to Washington, D.C. ... he was not just calling for an ordinary political demonstration. He was urging the marchers to pressure Representatives and Senators not to carry out their constitutional duty to count all States’ electors’ votes in the Electoral College,” the complaint read.
Signers of the complaint are asking for Paxton to be either suspended or permanently disbarred from practice.
— Farah Eltohamy
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