Texas AG Ken Paxton urged White House to revoke Harris County COVID relief

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Source: Houston Chronicle

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Ken Paxton tried to get the Trump administration to revoke millions in federal COVID relief funding that Harris County budgeted for expanding mail-in voting earlier this year, newly revealed records show.

Paxton wrote in a May 21 letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that Harris County’s plan was an “abuse” of the county’s authority and an “egregious” violation of state law. The letter was obtained and published by the Citizens For Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

“We respectfully ask the department to scrutinize its award of CARES Act funding to Harris County in light of the county’s stated intent to use federal funding in violation of state law, and to the extent possible, seek return of any amounts improperly spent on efforts to promote illegal mail-in voting,” Paxton wrote. “Without implementing adequate protections against unlawful abuse of mail-in ballots, the department could be cast in a position of involuntarily facilitating election fraud.”

Paxton and other state leaders alleged that mail-in voting is more susceptible to fraud, though there is no evidence to support those claims. Paxton’s office resolved 16 prosecutions for voter fraud in 2020, all minor cases from Harris County in which residents gave false addresses on their voter registration forms.



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[katusha]

1. makes me wonder if Harris county would be better off

succeeding from Texas and forming its own state that will look after its interests instead of being treated like so much chattel.

[Lonestarblue]

4. That would be great. The country's oil refining and shipments would go with it!

Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas would like to join Houston in leaving. Paxton is an idiot. He has wasted millions of dollars of taxpayer money filing stupid lawsuits.

[DBoon]

6. sort of like a West Berlin inside a red "East Germany"

[Paladin]

2. Harris County, TX: Whole bunch of Black voters.

That's all you need to know about scumbag AG Paxton's actions, here.

[MyOwnPeace]

3. Follows the RepubliCon playbook........

if you're a "minority" or voted for Biden - it must be illegal or fraudulent!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. He's really quite the asshole isn't he?

[Karadeniz]

7. I feel like I'm falling into a pit of vipers. Who knew there was so much everyday evil?

[usajumpedtheshark]

8. Gee, I seem to remember reports of other people giving false addresses on their voter forms.

Certain members of the current administration I believe