A brutal new campaign ad has put Republican Ken Paxton under renewed fire over a controversial plea deal involving former Waco lawyer Adam Hoffman, who admitted guilt to a lesser sexual assault offence involving a child after prosecutors dropped the original felony case.
The attack, released by Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico, portrays the deal as evidence of Paxton's willingness to go soft on a powerful defendant, turning a deeply disturbing criminal case into a major flashpoint in the Texas Senate race.
