“Justice Division officers in Washington have taken over the corruption investigation into Texas Legal professional Common Ken Paxton, eradicating the case from the fingers of the federal prosecutors in Texas who’d lengthy been main the probe,” the AP reviews.

“The transfer was disclosed in a press release by state prosecutors dealing with their very own case towards Paxton. It’s the newest growth within the federal investigation into the lawyer basic, who got here underneath FBI scrutiny in 2020 after his personal high deputies accused him of bribery and abusing his workplace to assist one among his marketing campaign contributors, who additionally employed a lady with whom Paxton acknowledged having had an extramarital affair.”

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