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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I kind of hope this victory makes Paxton sloppy in his future criminal endeavors, so that federal prosecutors, less mired in corruption than the Texas senate, can make an unambiguous case against him.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Imagine how the AG's office with the set of people that were last on the stand and seemed to be kissing his ass, will be able to cover up things now? They will obviously just be much stealthier, and without repercussions from things like emails and texts on systems that cannot be accounted for. Why did no one on the prosecution pursue that further. Their excuse was that they used that for the China trip. I don't recall hearing anyone ask the dates of the China trip and whether or not 1) they continued use beyond the China trip and 2) pulled all communication during the China trip and archived it after. To me, regardless of the other claims, etc, that right there was a clear violation of the law. Any state employee's work is public record, and they destroyed public records by not backing that up and turning it into public record after the trip. If you think the AG's office was corrupt now, just wait till all those people working there get their reward.