Gov. Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick urge Texas Supreme Court to take up Ken Paxton’s whistleblower challenge
From left to right, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Gov. Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick talk about President Obama's immigration executive order at a news conference at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015.Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, long cautious in addressing corruption allegations against Attorney General Ken Paxton by his former aides, made a strong statement this week in support of the embattled top lawyer.
were brief in their arguments. Abbott, through his attorney, said a case like this concerning a state official’s powers is “most appropriately decided by a court with statewide jurisdiction.” Patrick made a similar claim. The second-term Republican, who has also been under indictment for felony securities fraud for five years without going to trial, has denied all wrongdoing. After failing to secure enough votes to win his primary election this March, he’ll head to a runoff with runner-up Land Commissioner George P. Bush next month.
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