I got a little Ken Paxton story for you. There’s so fucking many.
While Paxton was under felony indictment, longtime donor James Webb gave him a $100,000 “gift” to pay his PERSONAL criminal-defense lawyers.
Here’s where it gets interesting.
Webb’s medical-imaging company was under a healthcare-fraud investigation involving Medicare and Medicaid billing.
And KEN PAXTON’S OWN ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE was involved in that investigation.
Webb gives Paxton $100,000.
Webb’s company later pays $3.5 MILLION to settle the case.
And apparently that $100,000 “gift” looked suspicious to more people than just me.
A REPUBLICAN District Attorney, assisted by the TEXAS RANGERS, opened a BRIBERY investigation into Paxton’s acceptance of the money.
And then the bribery investigation gets dropped.
The official explanation? Webb and Paxton had a pre-existing relationship that supposedly put the $100,000 gift within an exception under Texas law.
Who gives anyone a $100,000 gift expecting nothing in return?