Judge halts Paxton's investigation of Media Matters, saying it appeared that Paxton was retaliating against the group because it had reported negative things about X and Musk didn't like it. Judge Deals Blow to Texas AG’s ‘Retaliatory’ Probe of Watchdog Group
Wait a minute here... "vindictive" investigating is a reason to stop an investigation? If there's nothing to see than the INVESTIGATION will prove that out. Otherwise this looks like interference into an investigation. Judges seem to think they have the RIGHT to stop investigations that are "vindictive" now? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. (How much longer till the memory of clocks with faces fade away.
Judges can stop the government from demanding records without evidence suggesting a legitimate reason to do so, which is what happened. That is not new. Why do you think it is?
It's judicial overreach to stop an investigation simply becasue the judge THINKS it's vindictive. However, if these judges do have the legal right to stop a "vindictive" investigation and subpoenas, then we should be expecting some good news with the witch hunt trials of President Trump.
So you think the government can just investigate anybody that they want and demand records regardless of intent or evidence?
You mean like the civil trial, where Judge Engoron said the EVIDENCE of fraud from the Trump Corp, "Leapt off the page?"
Okay, let's do so. They found evidence in the Trump cases according to the courts. In fact, they found enough evidence for indictment in each criminal case (and to obtain a variety of records, even utilizing a search warrant, which required probable cause and which found even more evidence) and he has so far been found liable in three civil cases based on jury or judge verdicts. So it would appear that, utilizing that logic, the Trump trials are investigations based on evidence whereas Paxton's was not.
