Texas’ Top Law Enforcement Officer Literally Ran Away From Subpoena in Abortion Case
Ken Paxton is participating in the grand Republican tradition of running away from their own unpopular opinions on bodily autonomy.
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In a chef’s-kiss personification of Republicans running away from their unpopular positions on abortion, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) literally fled his home on Monday when a process server tried to serve him with a subpoena to testify in an abortion case. According to the Texas Tribune, his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, drove them both away in a truck.
Process server Ernesto Martin Herrera wrote in an affidavit that he went to Paxton’s house on Monday morning and told a woman who identified herself as Angela that he was trying to give legal documents to the AG. (It was a subpoena to testify in a federal court hearing today over a lawsuit filed by eight abortion funds—more on that below.)
Angela said Paxton was on the phone and couldn’t come to the door, but Herrera said he would wait and gave her his business card. About an hour later, a Chevy Tahoe pulled into the driveway and, 20 minutes after that, Paxton emerged from the garage. Herrera called his name and Paxton ran back inside, only for Angela to come out, open both driver’s side doors of a truck in the driveway, and start the car.