A national coalition of state attorneys general has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of Texas, alleging that the State Bar of Texas’s Commission for Lawyer Discipline is engaging in politically motivated lawfare against the leadership of the Office of the Texas Attorney General. The brief was submitted on April 12 by Montana, along with 17 other states, in response to complaints against First Assistant Brent Webster and Attorney General Ken Paxton over their decision to file Texas v. Pennsylvania concerning the 2020 election.

According to a press release issued by the Texas attorney general’s office on April 15, the Commission for Lawyer Discipline sought to censure Webster and Paxton for addressing what it termed as genuine concerns of unconstitutional conduct by states during the 2020 election. The office denied the commission's claims that Texas made misrepresentations during the lawsuit as political retaliation. Subsequently, these allegations were dismissed, and following an appellate process, the case is now under consideration by the Supreme Court of Texas.

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen spoke to The Daily Caller about this issue. He said that "the weaponization of the bar complaint process is an affront to the constitutional authority of elected officials and the will of voters," thereby expressing his support for Paxton. As reported by The Daily Caller, Paxton managed to survive an impeachment process late last year and also avoided going to trial for felony securities fraud charges earlier this year.

The brief can be accessed at https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Amicus%20Brief%20-%20Webster%20v.%20Commission%20for%20Lawyer%20Discipline.pdf