The corporate officer is Raj Sagiraju, a friend and employee of Paul’s real estate company. But more problematic is its connection to Paul, House lawyers say. The business was not authorized to do work at that time. 29, days before Paxton’s aides would report his alleged misconduct to the FBI, House lawyers say Paxton coordinated with the trustee of his blind trust to wire a payment to Cupertino Builders. The filings address a Paxton home remodel that House lawyers say was paid for by Paul. “It is hard to imagine a more blatant abuse of Paxton’s office,” the House lawyers said. The next day, Paul filed the opinion in a letter to a judge, arguing that an upcoming sale should be stopped. But the filings say that Paxton’s lawyers had initially come to a different conclusion - that the sale could go forward - before Paxton communicated “this is the wrong answer.” Paxton, the lawyers say, told them to rewrite a draft to say foreclosure sales should be stopped, and he then edited it himself. Citing the COVID-19 pandemic, in August 2020 Paxton’s lawyers issued a rushed legal opinion that sought to block the sale from going forward. The filings also shed new light on the role Paxton played in trying to halt a foreclosure sale that included Paul’s properties. The subjects of nearly three dozen subpoenas sought by Cammack included banks and individual law enforcement agents - whose identities were revealed through a confidential affidavit that Paxton obtained from the Texas Department of Public Safety and shared with Paul, the House lawyers say. When attorney general office lawyers moved to quash subpoenas that Cammack obtained as part of his investigation, Paxton requested to appear in a Travis County courtroom to oppose the motion and explain that Cammack was acting on his behalf. Paxton hired through his office Brandon Cammack, an outside lawyer from Houston, to investigate the authorities, over the objection of his top aides. It happened again in late September or early October in a matter related to an attorney general investigation into the law enforcement agencies that had raided Paul’s home and business a year earlier. This was not the only time House lawyers say Paxton tried to personally appear in a courtroom to benefit Paul. “Mitte found itself negotiating with OAG, the agency legally tasked with protecting it,” the filing said. Paxton, the filing states, announced he would personally argue a motion in court - an extraordinary move for the state’s top lawyer, who usually leaves such responsibilities to rank-and-file attorneys in his office. Paxton’s office, according to state law, is required to protect a nonprofit in litigation. During a legal dispute between Paul and a local nonprofit, the Mitte Foundation, Paxton’s aides were puzzled when he appeared to take Paul’s side by pushing for a low-ball settlement. The documents also provide greater detail about allegations against Paxton and Paul that have been public for years. Paxton “morphed the Office of the Attorney General into Paul’s concierge law firm,” the filing states. A federal indictment alleges that Paul overstated his wealth and understated his liabilities in order to obtain up to $172 million in loans. 5 Senate impeachment trial, used the account - under the name “Dave P,” which was jointly accessed by both men - to travel to the Pearl Lantana Apartments in Southwest Austin more than a dozen times between August and October 2020 to visit the woman, according to the filing from House impeachment lawyers.Īll the while, the filing contends, Paxton and Paul met about 20 to 24 times in the spring and summer of 2020 - and one late night that fall - and discussed ways the state’s top lawyer could help Paul as the FBI stepped up its investigation into the real estate investor.
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Impeached Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and now-indicted Austin real estate investor Nate Paul set up an Uber account under a fake name that Paxton used to see his mistress, revealing the extent of the men’s relationship as the FBI targeted Paul for possible mortgage fraud, a new filing in Paxton's upcoming impeachment trial contends.
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