Update: A judge ruled that Texas AG Ken Paxton didn't need to appear at that court hearing on Tuesday after all. This is everything that led up to that.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has probably been all over your news and Twitter feeds ever since reports that he fled his home to avoid being served a subpoena began circulating online on Monday.
Who is Ken Paxton? Paxton has served as the attorney general of Texas since 2015, making him the state’s top law enforcement officer leading more than 4,000 employees in 38 divisions and 117 offices around Texas, as his official bio page notes. He also previously served in the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas state Senate. His wife, Angela Paxton, is a state senator.
What did Ken Paxton allegedly do when he was served? The federal court affidavit alleges that Paxton fled process server Ernesto Martin Herrera, who attempted to subpoena Paxton at his home on Monday morning. A few minutes later, the woman who called herself Angela came out of the house and got into the driver’s seat of a different Chevrolet truck in the driveway and started it; she also opened the rear door behind the driver’s side and left it open. Herrera said that a few minutes later, Paxton “RAN from the door inside the garage toward the rear door of the driver side.” Herrera alleges he “loudly” called Paxton by name, and said he had important court documents for him, but “Mr.
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