Tennesseer
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Post by Tennesseer on Aug 24, 2021 19:58:54 GMT -5
What's next? donald trump investigating himself and finding no tax fraud was committed and the case is closed? AG Paxton Committed No Crime’: Texas Attorney General Clears Self of Bribery Accusations in Unsigned Report
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), who has spent the better part of six-year tenure under indictment for securities fraud, committed no crime. That’s the finding of a new report by Paxton’s office clearing the attorney general of unrelated bribery accusations leveled against him by his former employees. “AG Paxton’s actions were lawful, and consistent with his legal duties and prior actions taken by Attorneys General of Texas,” the first bullet point of his executive summary states. “AG Paxton committed no crime.” In a report totaling 374 pages with exhibits, Paxton’s office found that the former employees alleging otherwise have “no evidence” of a “quid pro quo”—that Latin phrase meaning “this for that,” the type of transactions forbidden by public office holders under anti-corruption law. Several of Paxton’s ex-top aides—described in the report as the “Complainants”—accused him of improper influence in the case of Austin real estate investor Nate Paul, who donated to the attorney general’s 2018 re-election campaign. They claimed the attorney general performed a series of favors for Paul, allegedly in return for a job for Paxton’s mistress, according to the Houston Chronicle. Paul has been under a lengthy FBI investigation, and the investor’s properties in the Lone Star State’s capital were raided on Aug. 19, 2020. Article here: link
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Post by busymom on Aug 24, 2021 20:24:35 GMT -5
Isn't that special?
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dondub
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Post by dondub on Aug 24, 2021 21:21:05 GMT -5
No conflict of interest?
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Post by djAdvocate on Aug 24, 2021 23:53:35 GMT -5
I exonerate myself of wrongdoing all the time.
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Post by pulmonarymd on Aug 25, 2021 6:04:46 GMT -5
This is wrong in a hundred ways. But do you really think that, even if he appointed an”independent investigator”, that this wouldn’t have been the outcome. IOKIYAR
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Post by NastyWoman on Aug 25, 2021 14:17:07 GMT -5
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Post by mroped on Aug 26, 2021 15:20:53 GMT -5
“I did not have sexual relations with that woman” That man should’ve been cleared of any wrong doing and not be impeached! Not to mention the bruises that the missus put on him!
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