The State Bar of Texas is discontinuing its efforts to discipline embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) for professional misconduct related to Paxton’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The Texas real estate developer whose relationship with state Attorney General Ken Paxton was at the center of the Republican’s historic impeachment trial in 2023 has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of lying to a financial institution.

AUSTIN — Real estate investor Nate Paul, whose ties to Attorney General Ken Paxton led to impeachment charges in 2023, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of making a false statement to a financial institution.

When the Texas Senate in September 2023 acquitted Paxton of the impeachment charges against him, Trump claimed credit. “Yes, it is true that my intervention through TRUTH SOCIAL saved Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from going down at the hands of ...

The state bar had sought to sanction Paxton, which could have carried a punishment ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment.

Last year, Paxton reached a deal to end criminal accusations of securities fraud, and the Texas Senate in 2023 acquitted him of corruption accusations in an impeachment trial. Lathan is a corps ...

Real estate developer Nate Paul, who was at the center of claims in Paxton's whistleblower lawsuit and ensuing impeachment, pleaded guilty to a federal financial crime and could face six months in prison.

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The State Bar of Texas is dropping efforts to discipline Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations ... him of corruption accusations in an impeachment trial.

Months before the securities fraud case was resolved, Paxton also survived a series of impeachment charges centered on allegations by former top deputies that he accepted bribes and abused the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A real estate developer whose relationship with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was at the center of the Republican's historic impeachment trial in 2023 pleaded guilty ...

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