May 19, 2022      4:33 PM

Ahead of the Tuesday runoff, Sen. Cornyn slams Paxton for legal problems that he calls a source of embarrassment

"As a former Attorney General myself I am embarrassed by what we're having to deal with."

Stepping outside his usual comfort zone, Sen. John Cornyn on Thursday slammed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for his ongoing personal legal issues that the state’s senior member of the US Senate called “a source of embarrassment.”

During his routine weekly conference calls with reporters, Cornyn was asked to weigh in.

"I've tried very hard not to get involved in primary politics," Coryn said. However, "I will tell you that I remain very disturbed by the fact that the incumbent has had an indictment hanging over his head for now, I don't what it's been six years?”

“This is the chief law enforcement officer of the State of Texas and it's a source of embarrassment to me that that has been unresolved,” Cornyn said. “And of course the whistleblower claims are not resolved and presumably under investigation."

"As a former Attorney General myself I am embarrassed by what we're having to deal with,” Cornyn said.

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