A year later, she gave $50 to Republican Tammy J. In 2017, she donated $200 to Democrat Chris Morton, who was elected as a district court judge. Epley continued as a federal prosecutor in the Biden administration until March 2023.Įpley has previously voted in both parties’ primary elections and has made small donations to Democratic and Republican candidates. Dan Patrick’s son - to be the district’s top federal prosecutor. attorney in the Southern District of Texas in late 2018 after former President Donald Trump nominated Ryan Patrick - Lt. Erin EpleyĮpley, who led the inquiry, has worked under leaders from both political parties.īetween 20, she served as a public prosecutor in Harris County under both a Republican and Democratic district attorney. And taken together, the investigators donated several times more money to Republicans than to Democrats over the past decade. Many served under both Republican and Democratic administrations during their careers as prosecutors. “The false testimony of highly partisan Democrat lawyers with the goal of manipulating and misleading the public is reprehensible,” Paxton said in a statement Wednesday.īut a Texas Tribune review of the investigators’ employment history, voting records and campaign donations did not support Paxton’s claim.
The Republican-led committee tasked five attorneys, who have over 120 years of legal experience combined, with the inquiry: Erin Epley, Terese Buess, Mark Donnelly, Donna Cameron and Brian Benken. On Thursday, the committee recommended the impeachment of Paxton. The plaintiffs said they were improperly fired after telling federal and state investigators they believed Paxton had accepted bribes and engaged in other misconduct. The committee quietly launched its investigation in March after Paxton and his agency agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle a lawsuit by four of his former deputies. Most of the lawyers had ties to both political parties, though there were overall deeper connections to Republicans. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.Īfter investigators for a Texas House committee concluded Wednesday that Attorney General Ken Paxton may have broken state laws and misused the powers of his office, Paxton responded by dismissing the findings as false testimony from “ highly partisan Democrat lawyers.”Īn examination of the history of the investigators for the House Committee on General Investigating found no basis for Paxton’s claim.
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