Reply #9: I think it could be grounds for a complaint with the Texas State Bar

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If he can't practice law and is disbarred or suspended or otherwise disciplined, I don't think he can function as Attorney General. According to Texas State Bar Rule of Professional Conduct 4.01 ("Truthfulness in Statements to Others"):

"In the course of representing a client a lawyer shall not knowingly:
(a) make a false statement of material fact or law to a third person; or
(b) fail to disclose a material fact to a third person when disclosure is necessary to avoid making the lawyer a party to a criminal act or knowingly assisting a fraudulent act perpetrated by a client."

The rule seems to be intended for situations in legal proceedings where a lawyer lies about a fact of the case he is handling to a third person (not his client and not the other party). But I submit that Gonzalez is representing a client throughout; the People of the United States. If he makes a false statement of a material fact to others (i.e. Congress) I think it's grounds for disciplinary action to be brought against him before the Texas State Bar. At any rate, it could be interesting for a complaint to be filed against him by a U.S. citizen with the State Bar and see if they require Gonzalez to respond to that complaint.