Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton鈥檚 failed seeking to throw out election results in other states came originally from lawyers close to the campaign of former President Donald Trump, according to a .
The Times reports lawyers allied with Trump drafted the lawsuit but needed a state attorney general to officially bring it because only a state attorney general can sue another state and have the case go straight to the United States Supreme Court.
Paxton was a co-chair of the re-election group Lawyers for Trump and at the capitol. Paxton addressed the crowd at a pro-Trump rally in Washington earlier that day.
鈥淲e will not quit fighting,鈥� he said.
The Trump allies tried to get other chief lawyers to take the lead on the lawsuit, including Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, because Paxton had been tainted by . Landry declined, and Paxton took it up, despite protests from lawyers on his staff.
The Texas Solicitor General Kyle Hawkins reportedly wouldn鈥檛 let his name be used on the suit. Hawkins announced in mid-January plans to resign from the state Attorney General鈥檚 office. In a Jan. 13 , Paxton's office said Hawkins鈥� last day would be Feb. 1.
Paxton declined to comment to the Times, and his office didn鈥檛 reply to an email from 四虎影院 seeking comment.
