Paxton’s Criminal Complaints on Impeachment Foes Face Long Odds

Criminal complaints Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has filed against House impeachment managers for releasing his home address are unlikely to lead to charges, multiple lawyers said.

Paxton threatened to file complaints against all 12 House impeachment managers in their home counties on Oct. 9, days after his Austin address showed up online in an exhibit dump. However, just two complaints have been confirmed as filed, and Paxton’s office didn’t respond to messages asking why he didn’t file more, nor did the GOP consulting firm he used to announce the threats. One prosecutor who has received a complaint has ...