Trump endorsed Ken Paxton in the Texas U.S. Senate race against John Cornyn, with a runoff scheduled after neither candidate won a majority in the March Republican primary. The winner will face Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in November. Paxton has faced impeachment by the GOP-controlled Texas House for abusing his office, including allegations that he helped donor Nate Paul amid a federal investigation and involved a woman connected to an affair with Paxton. Perry, a former Texas governor and Trump’s former Secretary of Energy, criticized Paxton on X for cutting a lenient deal in a child molestation case. Perry highlighted that Paxton offered a plea deal resulting in one day in jail for a man who admitted molesting a child.
"Trump finally waded into the U.S. Senate race in Texas between Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton, who will face each other in a runoff on Tuesday after neither candidate received a majority of the votes in March's Republican primary. Trump endorsed Paxton, who, even conservative pundits have acknowledged, has baggage that could actually put the seat in jeopardy. The winner of the runoff will face Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in November."
"Paxton has a scandal-plagued record that includes an impeachment by the GOP-controlled Texas House of Representatives for abusing his office. Those impeachment articles allege that Paxton used his office to assist a donor, Nate Paul, who was the subject of a federal investigation. At the behest of Paxton, Paul also employed a woman who was having an affair with the attorney general."
"On Thursday, Perry, who was governor of the Lone Star State from 2000 to 2015, weighed in on X, where he quote-tweeted a Texas Tribune article about Paxton cutting a lenient deal with an admitted child molester. Ken Paxton initially offered a plea deal to a MAN WHO ADMITTED TO MOLESTING a child to serve only ONE DAY IN JAIL, Perry wrote."
"The linked article noted that three years ago, Paxton's office took over the case of Adam Hoffman, a Waco attorney who had been charged with continuous sexual abuse of a young child. Hoffman went on trial last year, and the case resulted in a hung jury, after which prosecutors decided to cut a deal. The prosecutors in the case defended the arrangement, stating that the child, whose age was not mentioned in the plea agreement, wanted the ordeal to be over."
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