Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken legal action against the Biden-Harris Department of Justice led by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, aiming to stop the potential deletion of records from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into former President Donald Trump. Last Friday, Paxton requested these documents under the Freedom of Information Act, expressing concern that these records may never be disclosed, and could be destroyed as previous documents were during Robert Mueller’s tenure as special counsel.
The legal suit seeks a preservation order to prevent Smith and the DOJ from possibly destroying records about the Trump investigation. According to
Paxton’s announcement
, “I will not allow the corrupt weaponization of the United States government to be swept under the rug as Jack Smith and others who unjustly targeted President Trump attempt to avoid accountability,” he claimed. Paxton insists on transparency and accountability from the government, particularly regarding matters that have the potential to negatively affect the nation’s political landscape.
The urgency in filing for a preservation order comes from a belief by Paxton that Smith’s investigation was unconstitutional and that the same behaviors seen previously could recur. Paxton emphasized this in a statement: “Attorney General Paxton, however, fears that many releasable records—including those that he sought—will never see daylight. That is not because DOJ has any legal reason to withhold them. Rather, Attorney General Paxton has a well-founded belief as set forth herein that Defendants will simply destroy the records. That is how they and/or their predecessors have operated in the recent past. And Jack Smith’s team has conducted itself in multiple ways that suggest it cannot be blindly trusted to preserve, and eventually produce, all of its records,” a statement obtained by
Ken Paxton Attorney General
report.
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