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Man acquitted for abuse of office plans to abuse office again. Quelle surprise.
Not a supporter but seriously? He is acquitted which means not found guilty. He was doxxed which is and should be criminal. Who is actually abusing the office?
If this was turned, would you find it acceptable to doxx a democratic. We should be better than this.
He is acquitted which means not found guilty.
Which is as much a farce now as when it happened.
"Man acquitted for abuse of office" is much punchier than "Man acquitted for abuse of office after being charged and impeached for abuse of office by his own party in THIS political climate and whose final acquittal was in contentious circumstances that had nothing to do with the law and everything to do with the politicking of the legislature", I assumed people reading the comments would know the context of the situation.
I may not agree he was acquitted but what exactly does that have to do with doxxing him or making that acceptable? I certainly don't agree he should have had his personal address given out.
There is a huge conflict of interest in this situation. An AG should not be attempting to prosecute somebody who did an alleged offense against the AG.
You really should read up on this guy. He is guilty no doubt about it. His party is so corrupt and addicted to power they could not hold him accountable.
As far as doxxing he is a public official.
I live in the same county, I pay property taxes. My address is public record and on the public website, is his not? Is that doxxing really?
new anti-doxxing law that makes it illegal to release or leak personal information with the intent to harm them
That's his angle because:
noting his family had received violent threats
Still, "intent to harm" is going to be about impossible to prove here.
I can’t believe people continue to vote for this turd.
I don't understand why the FBI still hasn't arrested him.
There used to be this horrible evil book that doxxed everyone. You could just look up their name and get their address and phone number.
It was called a phone book and thank god we got rid of them before it was too late.
Guess they might as well impeach him again.
Is there such thing as a conservative lawmaker that understands law?
The GOP civil war is everywhere. They can't even govern Texas. Imagine if they get the presidency back.
I mean I am the first one to say that no one should be doxxed, but in every case you can ask the judge to conceal specific information out of public filings if it's either more prejudicial than probative, or if it's deemed too high of a risk to cause issues.
TLDR he could have redacted through court process. This sounds to me like a complaint that DOA.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton plans to file criminal complaints against the House lawmakers who led his impeachment, alleging they doxxed him when they released documents that included his home address last week.
The news was first reported by the Daily Caller and local outlets including the Texas Tribune.
Paxton reportedly plans to file criminal complaints in each of the House impeachment manager’s eight home counties, citing a new anti-doxxing law that makes it illegal to release or leak personal information with the intent to harm them.
Paxon's office did not return a request for comment, though he shared the Daily Caller's tweet about the complaints on his X social media feed Monday.
Last week, House impeachment managers released a large trove of documents they said had not been brought up in trial for reasons that included time constraints and procedural decisions.
"The impeachment managers clearly have a desire to threaten me with harm when they released this information last week," Paxton said in a statement to the media, noting his family had received violent threats.
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