.GovAbbott appointed former Texas Secretary of State John Scott as the interim attorney general of Texas following the Republican-led House vote to impeach KenPaxtonTX last week.
“John Scott has the background and experience needed to step in as a short-term interim attorney general during the time the attorney general has been suspended from duty,” said Abbott in a press release Wednesday.Scott has over 34 years of legal experience and served as the state’s first chief operating officer of the Health and Human Services Commission in 2015.
Scott briefly joined former President Donald Trump's legal team in an effort to challenge the 2020 election results in Pennsylvania in November 2020, however, he withdrew from the lawsuit a few days later, according to ABC News. The House impeachment suspended Paxton from office over allegations of misconduct, including bribery and abuse of office. Paxton was elected attorney general in 2015 and has a long record of legal entanglements, dating back to the early 2010s.
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