Former top deputy Jeff Mateer said his relationship with Paxton soured after Paxton ignored warnings from colleagues about his relationship with Austin real estate developer Nate Paul.
Tony Buzbee, the lead attorney on Paxton’s defense team, withdrew an objection submitted late Tuesday that certain communications between Paxton and others were confidential and privileged.
After Mateer and some of his colleagues went to the FBI to address their concerns, he quickly resigned from his position. “He was upset at Mr. Penley because Mr. Penley had expressed he was not in favor of hiring Mr. Cammack,” Mateer said. He added that the usually congenial Paxton became uncharacteristically belligerent on that occasion.
“The opinion took the complete opposite view. It was as if Anthony Fauci wrote it,” he said, referencing the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Mateer said he had solid reasons to believe that Paxton was violating the law to prevent other matters from coming to light, including an extramarital affair Paxton admitted to but continued.
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