AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas district judge has dismissed the state bar’s push to sanction Attorney General Ken Paxton’s top aide, clouding prospects for a similar effort to discipline Paxton for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
A disciplinary commission of the State Bar of Texas sued First Assistant Brent Webster earlier this year, alleging he acted unethically by asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate results in four key swing states.
Last week, Judge John Youngblood sided with the attorney general’s office in determining the suit interfered with the separation of powers.
