Inside the Child Sex Abuse Case that Resulted in Ken Paxton’s Office Offering a Plea Deal of Just One Day in Jail

Inside the child sex abuse case that led to Ken Paxton’s office offering a plea deal of just one day in jail

State Rep. Pat Curry, R-Waco, addresses the recent plea agreement in the Adam Hoffman case during a press event at the McLennan County Courthouse on

Who is Ken Paxton? Trump's 'True MAGA Warrior' Pick Faces Child Sex Abuse Case Scandal

Ken Paxton has spent over a decade as one of America's most combative attorneys general, filing lawsuits against federal immigration policies, challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election, and surviving a historic impeachment trial. Now, with a Texas Senate seat within reach and a fresh Trump endorsement in hand, a new controversy threatens to define how voters see him — and it has nothing to do with his political rivals. President …

Inside the child sex abuse case that resulted in Ken Paxton’s office offering a plea deal of just one day in jail

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is under fire for a plea deal his prosecutors offered last month to a Waco man charged with repeatedly sexually abusing a young boy.

Inside the Waco child sex abuse case Ken Paxton’s office agreed to settle for one day in jail

The judge in the case insisted on a 60-day jail sentence. The controversy has roiled Texas politics and led critics to question the attorney general’s ability to adequately prosecute crime.

Inside Ken Paxton’s plea deal for a child sex abuse case

Critics are pointing to two other serious felony cases that the attorney general’s prosecutors took to trial that ended in mistrials and, eventually, plea deals.