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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