The Texas Attorney General is working towards throwing Democrat politician Beto O’Rourke behind bars over his role in helping fundraise for the Democrats who fled the Lone Star State earlier this month.
In a statement released Tuesday, AG Ken Paxton said O’Rourke “blatantly” violated a restraining order when he continued to raise money for the lawmakers who fled Texas amid a contentious redestricting battle.
The news release repeatedly references O’Rourke by his real name, Robert Francis, a subtle jab often utilized by Republicans.
“Robert Francis flagrantly and knowingly violated the court order I secured that prevents him from raising funds and distributing any more Beto Bribes,” Paxton said in the statement. “He’s about to find out that running your mouth and ignoring the rule of law has consequences in Texas. It’s time to lock him up.”
Over the weekend, a Texas judge blocked O’Rourke from fundraising for the runaway Dems. (RELATED: Texas Judge Stops Beto O’Rourke From Aiding Runaway Democrats)
District Court Judge Megan Fahey, who was appointed in 2019 by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, wrote in Friday’s order that she believes O’Rourke and his group “have and will continue to engage in unlawful fundraising practices and utilization of political funds” that either violates or causes the Democrats to violate state law and House rules.
Evoking the almost 200-year-old Texas refrain “Come and Take It,” Paxton celebrated the ruling in a statement.
“Today, I stopped his deceptive financial influence scheme that attempted to deceive donors and subvert our constitutional process. They told me to ‘come and take it,’ so I did,'” said Paxton, who is challenging U.S. Sen. John Cornyn for his Senate seat in next year’s GOP primary.
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How much MORE crap will “Beto” (beatoff) try to pull before folks get sick of him & trash him ? His 15 min of fame were up a L O N G time ago !
I didn’t go to lawyer college so this is just my school of hard knocks opinion: the fund raising in and of itself is ‘probably’ not illegal, unless the attempts to gather funds are specifically being touted aiding and funding the deserters. What is highly likely illegal is how those funds are actually being used for. In case no one else remembers, bobby frank’s campaigners got caught doing extra legal activities in the past. Apparently the penalties (if any) were not severe enough to deter them.
Aiding and abetting criminal behavior.