12-11-2020, 06:37 PM
Make sense since Trump has shown that loyalists are at the top of the list. Certainly Paxton knows that getting a pardon from Trump has much better odds than winning that case.
'PR stunt': Sasse predicts failure for Texas Supreme Court election challenge (washingtonexaminer.com)
'PR stunt': Sasse predicts failure for Texas Supreme Court election challenge (washingtonexaminer.com)
Quote:Sasse added that, to him, it looked like Paxton filed a "PR stunt rather than a lawsuit," in an attempt to gain "a pardon" from President Trump. Paxton is currently the subject of an FBI investigation for illegally using the power of his office to benefit Austin real estate developer Nate Paul.