Greg Abbott appeared today in Frisco, Texas at a campaign event with Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Attorney General who has admitted to felony violations of state security laws. The joint appearance can be fairly seen as him acknowledging and condoning Ken Paxton’s breaking our Texas security laws.
Ken Paxton has admitted to felony crimes
Paxton has admitted committing felony crimes that were part of a scheme that resulted in a family being swindled out of more than a quarter million dollars. A criminal complaint has been filed against Paxton with the Travis County District Attorney. A formal investigation of Paxton will likely be launched following the election. Until now, Greg Abbott has kept his distance from Paxton.
Abbott ducked Paxton and broke pledge to investigate and prosecute
Paxton’s very presence on the Texas Republican ticket is a problem for Greg Abbott. Abbott had publicly pledged to investigate and prosecute exactly the type of crimes Ken Paxton has admitted committing. At a press conference, Abbott stated that he would use the law to hold corporate “wrongdoers accountable”, keep investors “secure”, and emphatically stated that his office would pursue the “investigation and prosecution of corporate crime.”
Abbott, of course, has broken his pledge by failing to take any action on Paxton. He not only has failed to investigate or prosecute Paxton, the two Tea Party Republican candidates have not appeared jointly since the Paxton criminal complaint was filed, and Abbott has not publicly uttered Paxton’s name in months.
Abbott wearing the corruption brand
Greg Abbott has been branded as a career politician who has used his time in office to issue decisions, take administrative actions or simply look the other way in order to financially and/or politically benefit friends, donors and political allies.
From predatory payday lenders, to chemical companies to donors who bilked our cancer research center and the Texas Enterprise Fund scandal, Greg Abbott has twisted, ignored and misconstrued rules and laws in order to take care of insider friends while benefiting himself politically – all at the expense of Texas taxpayers and the public generally.
