Paxton’s win was unsurprising after the state’s top court sided with his deputy in a similar lawsuit last month.

The state bar had sought to sanction Paxton, which could have carried a punishment ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment.

At the request of the bar, the Texas Supreme Court handed down an order Wednesday that brings the bar's attempts to sanction Paxton to an end.

The ethics commission of the State Bar of Texas had sued Paxton for making dishonest claims of election fraud in a 2020 challenge to Biden's victory.

The State Bar of Texas is dropping efforts to discipline Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations that his failed efforts to overturn the results of

Donald Trump and the Texas attorney general have forged a friendship over the years, one that has been cemented in their shared political and legal struggles and their willingness to come to each other’s aid at times of upheaval.

An attorney discipline board has dropped its misconduct case against Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, after the state Supreme Court blocked related claims against one of his top deputies over their work on a failed lawsuit that challenged Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 U.

The Commission for Lawyer Discipline tells the Texas Supreme Court that a related ruling made its case against Paxton moot.

The state bar had sought to sanction Paxton, which could have carried a punishment ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment.