Judd Stone and Chris Hilton, the beleaguered former aides to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), say deputies in the office devised a plan to retaliate against them with an embarrassing lawsuit after they sought to uncover crimes committed by First Assistant Brent Webster.
Escalating a bitter fight that has rocked the Texas Republican Party over the past month, Stone and Hilton’s federal lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges Webster abused his office by slandering them in a false, pretextual email that he then fed to staffer Jordan Eskew, who relied on it to sue them for harassment.
An email that Eskew ...
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