Without authority, Attorney General Ken Paxton declares an 'agency holiday'

Watchdog Dave Lieber: Paxton’s whim could cost taxpayers a half million dollars in lost work.


The one time I’ve seen embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was when I was leaving a luncheon and he was walking in. His face was familiar, but I couldn’t place him. I thought that he’s a Dallas Cowboys assistant coach or something.

When I got in the car, my wife Karen said, “That’s Ken Paxton.”

To me, he looks like a little man in his photographs, but he’s actually much taller than I imagined.

He’s still a little man.

The chief state law enforcement lawyer has faced legal troubles since before he took office almost eight years ago. My beef with him is he’d rather step into national politics (he spoke at the Jan. 6 rally before the attack on the U.S. Capitol: “We’re Texans. We’re Americans, and we’re not quitting,”) than work harder to protect Texas consumers from scammers and criminals.

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