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.

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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 State Bar of Texas will not mover forward with it's case against Attorney General Ken Paxton after the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the assistant attorney general in a similar case last month.

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

The disciplinary commission accused Paxton of making false claims of fraud to the U.S. Supreme Court in his lawsuit challenging the election. The bar association pursued its own lawsuit against Paxton in 2022, and at the time, the committee said it sought to punish Paxton through disciplinary action as an attorney and not as a public official.

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