Wow. What the fuck kind of dirt does Picasso-faced Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have on Trump that Donald himself would post “The great Supreme Court of Texas now has a big choice to make. Enough time and money has been wasted forcing Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, to defend himself, instead of defending our broken Southern Border, which is under continual siege. He has already been fully acquitted in the Impeachment Hoax. End the Politicization and Abuse of our Justice System, restore Law and Order and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” on Truth Social?
It was one thing when Trump posted “FREE KEN PAXTON!” just before the corrupt son of a bitch was impeached back in May or last year. That was politics. It was stupid, funny, and completely understandable – even sort of normal by today’s low standards – that Trump would express support for an ally who had his back when they both tried to overturn a free and fair election.
This though… This is different. Not even just because Trump’s unsubtly trying to intimidate the highest court in the second most populous state in the union. That alone would merit a pickup but wouldn’t be so extraordinarily strange if it were coming, say, Paxton trying to overturn a conviction in his upcoming insider trading trial. All this is because Paxton is petitioning the court simply to avoid being deposed in a lawsuit brought by his former deputies who he fired for reporting his crimes to federal law enforcement – a lawsuit that Paxton already tried to tell the judge that he would not contest any further if he could avoid going under oath, a white flag that the judge rejected.
Maybe Paxton didn’t mention any of that to Trump when he asked him to post that, or maybe he did and Trump ignored the specifics because he didn’t care and just posted whatever. Beyond that – and assuming that Paxton is desperate to avoid inculpating himself criminally, because of course that’s what he’s up to – we’re left with a shit ton of questions as to what if any leverage Paxton has over Trump… or worse, if the deposition itself could somehow end up implicating Donald too.