By EDUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ
AUSTIN, Texas | He's scheduled to go to trial no later than August 28th, and, already, suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeing evidence flash before his eyes - like photos in the press of the woman he is alleged to have had an affair with while married.
That's her in photo above. Her name is Laura Olson, a four-times divorcee.
The 50-year-old, San Antonio-based business manager is said to be "always very pleasant."
Blond Miss Olson is familiar in Texas political circles for a very current reason: She is the woman tied romantically to very-married state Attorney General Ken Paxton. And, indeed, she is central to the reason why Paxton is facing removal as Texas AG.
Prosecutors say Paxton has been in trouble for years. But this particular case upset Texas legislators enough that they now seek to oust him from office.
Earlier this year, Paxton boldly asked state budget writers to spend public money on a proposed $3.3 million settlement to end a lawsuit by former staffers who accused him of on-the-job retaliation. It was then that the Texas House General Investigating Committee launched a secret probe into the attorney general’s behavior. In a stunning public hearing on May 24, House investigators publicly detailed allegations of a yearslong pattern of misconduct and questionable actions by Paxton.
On May 25, the committee unanimously recommended that Paxton be impeached and removed from office.
Miss Olson, only recently identified by name in the news media, has been connected to a former San Antonio city councilman...and a few other men, according to news reports. As we noted above, she has been married four times...and divorced four times.
Paxton's day-to-day wife is Angela Paxton, a Republican state senator representing suburban Dallas.
It is unclear if she'll be able to vote on her husband's removal...
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