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Ken Paxton’s defense once again noted, “there are no coincidences in Austin.” And this seems to be the case.
Testimony in the Senate’s impeachment trial of the Attorney General has revealed that a Bush-connected lawyer has not billed whistleblowers for his representation.
Many of the charges were spurred by a group of employees of the Office of the Attorney General that reported Ken Paxton to the FBI in 2020 due to what they said was illegal and unethical abuse of office. One of those employees was Ryan Vassar.
Mitch Little, one of Paxton’s lawyers, asked Vassar about his legal representation by Johnny Sutton.
So who is Johnny Sutton?
Well, he has strong ties to the Bush family. He was an advisor to George W. Bush when he served as Texas governor, and Sutton was later appointed to be a U.S. attorney when Bush was in the White House.
All Vassar would say is that Sutton would "bill them at a future date."
Last year, one of the challengers in the GOP primary in the Attorney General's race was former Land Commissioner George P. Bush.
Coincidence?? There are none in Austin.