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With Texas AG facing federal probe, lawsuit to help Trump comes amid whispers of pardons

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is reportedly the subject of an FBI probe.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton took the lead in the long-shot legal bidto overturn Trump’s 2020 election defeat just two weeks after reports surfaced that he is the subject of an FBI investigation into allegations he abused his office to benefit a wealthy donor — a thorny problem Trump could eliminate with a presidential pardon.

Paxton and a group of Republican state attorneys general met with the president at the White House on Thursday, days after filing the case that now shoulders Trump’s hopes of holding onto his job for another term. Paxton’s attorney, Philip H. Hilder, declined to comment on the nature of Paxton’s discussions with the president. Continue reading.

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