Texas Scorecard by Brandon Waltens August 23, 2023
Entity spent millions in 2022 pushing politically the same narrative now used by House impeachment managers.Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal team is reportedly considering calling the founder and chairman of Texans for Lawsuit Reform to testify when the Senate holds its impeachment trial next month.
The revelation comes after the Dallas Morning News reported on witness lists leaked to them, despite the fact that the Senate trial rules state the witness lists are confidential.
Texans for Lawsuit Reform emerged in the 1990s as a business advocacy group working to stop out-of-control lawsuits, giving to both Republicans and Democrats. Since the early 2000s, it has developed a reputation for blocking Republican social priorities in the Legislature. Politically, the ostensibly Republican group has supported Democrats over viable Republican challengers.
Austin political observers have noted that TLR has opposed Paxton for years, particularly after he challenged the speakership of liberal Republican Joe Straus in 2011.
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