AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has rejected a prosecutor’s demand for records of his appearance at a pro-Donald Trump rally that preceded the assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Last week, the Travis County district attorney’s office had set a four-day deadline for Paxton to turn over the records involving the Jan. 6, 2021, rally or face a lawsuit accusing him of violating the state open records law.
But in a letter to the district attorney’s office Friday, the attorney general’s office denied any violations and rejected the office’s demands.
The Texas Tribune was the first to report about Paxton’s refusal.
Several news organizations have requested Paxton’s communications from around that time under the Texas Public Information Act.
Last March, six news outlets jointly published a story raising questions about whether Paxton was breaking open records laws.
The attorney general has also spent most of his time in office under a separate felony indictment. »