The state bar had sought to sanction Paxton, which could have carried a punishment ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment.
The state bar’s Commission for Lawyer Discipline has asked the Texas Supreme Court to dismiss its ethics complaint against Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Paxton’s win was unsurprising after the state’s top court sided with his deputy in a similar lawsuit last month.
The ethics commission of the State Bar of Texas had sued Paxton for making dishonest claims of election fraud in a 2020 ...
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