While the rest of the country is distracted by the ongoing drama of the still-unsettled presidential race, the Associated Press has just broken a story that could put yet another nail in the coffin of Texas’ top lawyer and dedicated homophobe, Attorney General Ken Paxton. According to the AP, Paxton had an extramarital affair with a woman, an aide for a GOP state senator, and then got that woman a job with Austin developer Nate Paul, a wealthy campaign donor.
It was Paxton’s decision to investigate Paul’s claims that a federal judge and the FBI broke the law in searches of his home and offices last year that prompted seven of Paxton’s top OAG attorneys, including then-First Assistant AG Jeff Mateer, to resign from their jobs in October