UPDATE: 2 P.M. Tuesday, September 27
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton responded on Tuesday to a court document that said he left his Collin County home on Monday after being confronted by a man who was trying to serve him with a subpoena in an abortion funding related lawsuit.
The embattled Attorney General took to Twitter with a statement.
Original Post 9-27
McKinney (WBAP/KLIF) – Attorney General Ken Paxton reportedly took steps avoid being served a subpoena in connection with a lawsuit against the state related to non-profits that want to help Texans pay for abortions out of state. The subpoena was for a court hearing today on the matter.
In an affidavit obtained by the Texas Tribune, process server Ernesto Herrera said that he tried to deliver the subpoena at Paxton’s McKinney home on Monday.
“I walked up the driveway approaching Mr. Paxton and called him by his name. as soon as he saw me and heard me call his name out, he turned around and ran back inside the house through the same door in the garage,” Herrera wrote in the sworn affidavit.
The affidavit says that Paxton left his home in a truck driven by his wife, State Senator Angela Paxton.
Herrera says that before the vehicle left he told Paxton that he was being served and placed the subpoenas on the ground.
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Neither Paxton nor his wife, Texas Senator Angela Paxton have responded to the allegations.
(Copyright 2022 WBAP/KLIF 24/7. This report contains material from the Texas Tribune.)
