Jeff Leach

This is truly of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen in public service — in order to protect himself and avoid accountability, Ken Paxton is not only egregiously blaming the victim and his mother … he’s also lying to the people of Texas and to policymakers about the facts of the case itself.

I encourage you to read this deep dive in to the case, completed after a careful review of the trial records, transcripts and interviews with key individuals.

This is damning and disqualifying. Texans — especially victims and survivors — are right to be outraged and Ken owes us all an explanation.

Most notable are these direct quotes from the Victim’s Mother — directly refuting Ken Paxton’s dishonest attempts to lay the blame for this miscarriage of justice at the feet of her young son.

“We were put in an impossible situation. How do you trust the prosecution to go back to a case that they want to plead out when they’re the ones that are supposed to fight for it, and they don’t want to do it?”

At sentencing, the Judge asked the victim’s mother if she agreed to the proposed outcome in the case.

“No. It’s just not enough. He’s dangerous. This isn’t justice, and I can’t do it.”

Inside Ken Paxton’s plea deal for a child s*x abuse case Critics are pointing to two other serious felony cases that the attorney general’s prosecutors took to trial that ended in mistrials and, eventually, plea deals.

A blast in DC today with my classmate and now superstar Congressman Craig Goldman!