Justice Department officials in DC have taken control of the corruption investigation into piece of shit Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, removing it from the hands of Texas-based federal prosecutors and potentially signaling a major escalation of the long and sordid saga separate from his longer and sordid saga of avoiding trial on state-level securities charges, the AP reports.
It’s not clear exactly what prompted the move, other than that it immediately followed a recusal by the San Antonio-based US Attorney’s office just days after Paxton settled a lawsuit brought the four former deputies who he fired in 2020 in retaliation for reporting him to the FBI for his scumbaggery and extramarital affair with an employee of one of his donors. With the probe now in the hands of the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Division, things could (hopefully) finally get moving.
In related news, Paxton on Wednesday sued President Joe Biden for signing the $1.7 trillion omnibus funding package into law in December for some fucking stupid made-up reason.