Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: The Creepiest Guy in Texas
Today Ken Paxton was in court to be arraigned after he plead not guilty to felony securities fraud on Monday.
Then something weird happened.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton left his arraignment hearing Thursday in Fort Worth in need of new counsel.
State District Judge George Gallagher granted a motion by defense attorney Joe Kendall to withdraw from the case.
I mean, it can’t be good if your lawyer quits in the middle of an arraignment.
The judge says Paxton has until September 3rd to find a lawyer.
We can assume that Paxton either stole his lawyer’s fountain pen, or just flat embarrassed himself so badly that even a lawyer was ashamed.
Gees. You’d think he’d know that much from watching teevee.
But, when arrogance meets haughty, bad things happen.
“Shockingly, Paxton’s deceit against the public and record of demanding the white collar treatment continued today. Paxton attempted to move all further hearings to Collin County, his home county, and ban all cameras from the courtroom. Once again, Paxton is trying to keep the public in the dark about his crimes and dodge the press. This is unacceptable.
You know, I’d almost feel sorry for Paxton if he hadn’t already admitted that the committed the felony. Nah, I wouldn’t. He’s the creepiest guy in Texas.
Thanks to Kyle for the heads up.
It’s going to make a very interesting movie.
1Here’s my theory:
Defense attorney Joe Kendall received a brief text message from his bank, Paxton check #1001 NSF.
2I’m with Rick, it’s either that or his attorney discovered that Paxton has ripped off members of his family, which is not out of the question.
Still, “the creepiest man in Texas”? Dang,now that’s saying something!
3Isn’t there a way to have him suspended from his post pending the outcome of the trial, which seems a foregone conclusion?
4I have had the pleasure, and the “pleasure” of knowing quite a few judges personally over my career. (My best attorney jokes originate in the minds of judges.) I can almost imagine the exchange between the Honorable in his courtroom and the soon to be disbarred and former Attorney General of Texas.
5Creepiest Guy in Texas : there is some pretty tough competition for that title. Ted Cruz, Tom DeLay ……..I am sure there are many others….your governor….
6Creepier than Ted Cruz? That’s REALLY saying something…
7Heard many a time in the grand foyer of the local county courthouse here in Northern Virginia: instructions from the attorney to the defendant. Defendant promises he will cooperate in the courtroom. Defendant screws up royally in the courtroom, not necessarily so that the world can see it, but enough to piss of his attorney. Attorney bolts right in the middle of everything. Defendant ends up with a little more free time on his hands while he is allowed to seek new representation, or enough time to make a get away.
8Y’all, I’m gonna stick with creepiest for Paxton. Cruz is drooling while being menacing. Abbott is dumber than dog dump. Tom DeLay is the silliest.
9Juanita Jean, we could fix Paxton’s creepy visage with a good punch to his gohmerts. Whenever his grimace is replaced with what passes for a grin with him, punch him again.
10Don’t forget Gohmert, Farenthold and Abbott.
People look at Gohmert and say, Whaaaaat?
Farenthold takes pics with women while dressed in his pajamas & is known as a general pervert.
Abbott took advice from the Scientologists. If that ain’t creepy…
11Unusual for a judge to let an attorney quit.
12Per the article: “State District Judge George Gallagher granted a motion by defense attorney Joe Kendall to withdraw from the case. Kendall said in his motion that differences arose that ‘make continued representation untenable.'”
What kind of differences could those be?
“The attorney general issued a statement, saying: ‘I am innocent of these charges.'”
Perhaps his counsel disagreed with the “Lie thru your teeth” defense.
13Paxton says it is a “travesty that some would hijack our system of justice for political ends”. Just about describes the whole republican party and their battle to suppress the vote, women’s rights and income inequality. Not to mention the their fight to obstruct the EPA, gun legislation and financial help for students and veterans. Then there is the agenda to end healthcare, social security and medicare/medicaid. He’s just the creepy tip of the sleazy iceberg.
14Probably a good thing that Kendall got out while he could. Nothing good for him can come out of continuing to represent a make-believe lawyer like Paxton. Customarily, defense attorneys are ethically bound to represent criminal defendants whether or not they actually committed the crime. However, there are some defendants who demonstrate a likelihood of suing their counsel for incompetent representation, even though the prosecution’s overwhelming evidence almost certainly guarantees a conviction. Paxton likely has demanded that Kendall pursue some cockamamie strategy that Paxton thinks will secure his innocence. Kendall, in his professional capacity, refuses to follow that path, knowing that his scoundrel of a client will later put the blame on him and embroil him in a costly battle.
15Saw footage of the Paxton courtroom scene on our local TV. the narrator sounded kind of like “this must be a joke” when he announced that Paxton was the state Attorney General.
Well, lets just hope that the joke (prison) is on Paxton.
16He’ll look better behind bars.
17There was a crooked man, who had a crooked smile;
18He worked some crooked deals in a very crooked style.
Then he sold some crooked stock for a piece of crooked pie,
And now his crooked smile says it’s all a crooked lie.
Cruz is not eligible to be the creepiest guy in Texas because he is actually some form of lizard.
And not one of the nice ones.
19“He’s the creepiest guy in Texas.”
which kind of tells you everything you need to know about the people that voted for him. a pretty sad state of affairs in TX.
20Paxton…let’s see, he’s already ticked off a judge in San Antonio, right? And judges network (of course they do.) And then Paxton adds to whatever Judge One told Judge Two by failing to rise when addressing the bench–pure discourtesy confirming Judge One’s unflattering opinion of Paxton.
I can imagine Judge Gallagher thinking “So THAT’s your attitude, buster? You really think that’s going to work in my court? We’ll see about that.” So when Paxton’s attorney requests permission to withdraw from the case, Judge Gallagher sees no reason to hang a fellow attorney out to dry if the guy has sense enough to withdraw for good reason.
I’m reasonably sure the fountain pen issue, though supposedly buried, is known among the judicial branch at this point.
21Everyone knows about the fountain pen. To me, that sums up his character: still acting like a twelve year old in the boys’ gym class. And I hold out that he had a slight stroke and suffered some brain damage. Note the mouth and eye.
22“daChipster says:
23August 27, 2015 at 1:31 pm
Isn’t there a way to have him suspended from his post pending the outcome of the trial, which seems a foregone conclusion?”
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Suuure, dC, change his political party affiliation to “Democrat”, like they do on Fux Nooz when some Repuke slimeball gets caught doing something bad.
He’d be gone in a New Jersey minute.
Otherwise, it’s just IOKIYAR, as usual.
Suspend him over the brink of extinction with rotten dental floss.
24I like your plan epo.
25Marge Wood, when the eye looks like that in the absence of a stroke, it’s clear indication of a brain parasite.
26Zyxomma, are you joking or serious, about the brain parasite and the eye?
27Actually, Zyxomma is right: if it wasn’t a stroke, it could be a brain parasite making his eyelid droop. Does he have headaches or feel weak and tired? Hmmmmm. Anyone have access to medical records of Ken Paxton?
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