Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM 'Ghost-Written,' 'One-Sided' and 'Half-Baked': What Lawyers Are Saying About Texas AG Paxton's Report Clearing Himself
The report stands in sharp contrast to the independent investigation New York Attorney General Letitia James conducted into allegations of sexual harassment against Gov. Andrew Cuomo. If the New York investigation were handled like the Texas one, Cuomo would have exonerated himself of wrongdoing and stayed in office, said Carlos Soltero of Soltero Sapire Murrell in Austin.
August 24, 2021 at 06:39 PM
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The 374-page report Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released Monday exonerating himself from accusations of criminal wrongdoing was written by unnamed attorneys who work for him—and was quickly met with skepticism, with one lawyer calling it "ghost-written."
"The report does not identify an author because this is an agency document," said Alejandro Garcia, the Office of Attorney General's communications director. "A group of AG lawyers were involved in investigating and writing the report. These lawyers were not involved in the underlying matters that were the subject of the report."
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