The Texas Supreme Court issued a ruling on Wednesday dismissing the State Bar of Texas’s (SBT) four-year-long attempt to discipline Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster, calling it an “egregious invasion of the attorney general’s authority.” Webster assisted Paxton with combating election wrongdoing in the 2020 election, which included filing the lawsuit Texas v. Pennsylvania over the election irregularities in four states in 2020, which was joined by 21 other states.
Paxton (pictured above), who is facing similar charges from the SBT, posted on X, “After four years of lawfare and political retaliation, the Texas Supreme Court has ended this witch hunt against the leadership of my office. The Texas State Bar attempted to punish us for fighting to secure our national elections, but we did not and will not ever back down from doing what is right. We have seen this playbook used against President Trump and other effective fighters for the American people and I am pleased that this attempt to stop our work has been defeated.”
Webster said in a statement, “The actions of the State Bar were disgraceful, ridiculous, and a disservice to the people of Texas. Thankfully, with President Trump back in the White House and these attempts to wage legal warfare against us defeated, we can finally get back to making Texas and America great again without distraction.”
In September 2022, a trial court judge sided with Webster, dismissing the charges brought by the SBT’s Commission for Lawyer Discipline, but the SBT appealed to the Texas Court of Appeals, which reversed the district court. Brewster then appealed to the Texas Supreme Court. Oral arguments took place last September. A national coalition of 18 state attorneys general filed an amicus curiae brief with the court in April, urging the court to dismiss the charges against Webster.
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