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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4706767" data-attributes="member: 48469">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/two-biggest-problems-texas-ag-s-anti-election-lawsuit-n1250385[/URL]“As regular readers may recall, Paxton was indicted a few years ago on felony securities fraud charges. Two months ago, his troubles got worse when members of Paxton&#039;s own team made multiple criminal allegations against him.Meanwhile, Associated Press reported a few weeks ago that the FBI is investigating allegations that Paxton &quot;broke the law in using his office to benefit a wealthy donor.&quot;All of which raises an unfortunate possibility: as Donald Trump abuses his pardon powers, and weighs the possibility of handing out pardons &quot;like Christmas gifts&quot; before leaving office, is it implausible that the scandal-plagued Texas attorney general filed a doomed case in the hopes that he&#039;ll receive a presidential reward that would make his legal troubles go away?“</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4706767, member: 48469"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/two-biggest-problems-texas-ag-s-anti-election-lawsuit-n1250385[/URL] “As regular readers may recall, Paxton was indicted a few years ago on felony securities fraud charges. Two months ago, his troubles got worse when members of Paxton's own team made multiple criminal allegations against him. Meanwhile, Associated Press reported a few weeks ago that the FBI is investigating allegations that Paxton "broke the law in using his office to benefit a wealthy donor." All of which raises an unfortunate possibility: as Donald Trump abuses his pardon powers, and weighs the possibility of handing out pardons "like Christmas gifts" before leaving office, is it implausible that the scandal-plagued Texas attorney general filed a doomed case in the hopes that he'll receive a presidential reward that would make his legal troubles go away?“ [/QUOTE]

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