Impeachment case alleges Texas AG Ken Paxton used a couple of telephones and an alias to conceal an affair

FILE – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton makes a announcement at his office, May 26, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Investigators leading the impeachment of Paxton have released almost 4,000 pages of files that reveal in new detail how the embattled Republican allegedly used more than one mobile phones, aliases on ride-sharing apps to hide an affair and pressured pinnacle aides to help a donor who’s now going through criminal costs.(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton used multiple mobile phones and an alias on a experience-sharing app to hide an affair, and pressured top aides to assist a donor now going through crook prices, according to new files made public via investigators main the impeachment of the embattled Republican.

More than four,000 pages of files, maximum of which were publicly filed overdue Thursday and encompass emails and text messages, are the foundation of House Republicans’ case that Paxton abused his office and must be ousted on the cease of a historical impeachment trial that starts offevolved Sept. 5 in the Texas Capitol.

“It’s a complex story,” Mark Penley, considered one of Paxton’s former deputies, informed investigators during a deposition in March. “But in case you understand what become going on, this changed into outrageous behavior by an Attorney General that’s imagined to be the leader law enforcement officer for the State of Texas, no longer the leader lawbreaking officer.”

Paxton, who has been suspended from office since being impeached with the aid of the GOP-controlled Texas House in May, has broadly denied wrongdoing and waved off the accusations as politically inspired.