but ken paxton is a logical choice to go after as a republican.you know, they are meeting every day to figure out who they can pick off one by one to join and support the merger before the december 9th trial date in the u.s. district court in manhattan. that's where the rubber meets the road on this thing. so they are looking every day to pick i off. there's a logical one i hear they're going after now is texas, and if they get that one, it's pretty big because texas is a huge state, as you know. lots going on t. initially, ken paxton said he was going to oppose the deal, right, join the coalition. one reason he probably didn't is, you know, in his state is none other than at&t which probably sees sprint/t-mobile as a major competitor. that said, ken paxton is a republican, and he's much more free market than laticia james, and he would also be bucking the trump administration and getting on the wrong side of his party if he stayed against this deal. and i think that's the legal argument -- that's the argument that t-mobile and sprint's attorneys

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people know that. >> dana: the attorney general of texas, ken paxton wrote this to child protective services "regardless of the pending custody dispute between the parents, the department has a duty to conduct a thorough investigation. the children at the center of the dispute are in immediate and revocable danger." yet you have who, we have to presume they love their children, the mother, some people think she's being targeted unfairly. they are under a gag order. they can talk about it. i wonder about the government, writ large, not just the state of texas, the government getting involved in these personal family decisions. >> well, again, there are times when the government steps in and we do that after an investigation to look at their welfare and the health of that child and if they are in danger or not and yes, parents love their children and they do have rights. in this case, the judge said the father also had rights because he disagreed with the mother. these are complicated policies and complicated issues pushed by the progressive left. this wasn't an issue the republicans brought t

general ken paxton tweeted in capital letters voter fraud alerts. claiming a most 100,000 registers were noncitizens but that was false. within one week it came out the many of these voters were naturalized citizens who had already confirmed their citizenship. here's connie alone this related to about 60% of 30000 voters and as to the remaining 12,000 and it of of 150 names chosen at random yielded no noncitizens. civil-rights organizations including the aclu and the texas civil rights project sued to stop texas from purging these voters. the court found texas quote created a mess which quote them provide the power of the government despite fear and terminate the lease powerful among us. the case was settled with texas taxpayers on the hook for $450,000 for attorney fees. texas secretary of state departed from office in disgrace. similar stories of inaccurate purges in florida, iowa and iowa and virginia detailed in my written testimony. demonstration now seems intent on repeating these mistakes. in case i argued in the civil court earlier this year

abuse or an order for the child to undergo hormonal therapy or surgery, texas attorney general ken paxtoner to family protective services calling for an investigation. lieutenant governor dan patrick agrees. >> we shouldn't be telling a 7-year-old or a 12-year-old that you are a girl if you were born a boy or the opposite. >> while conservative politicians continue to draw attention to the case, family law attorneys like daniel palmer saying the child's life shouldn't be lost in the spin. due to all of the attention, the judge has ordered the family to undergo therapy and issued a gag order preventing any of the parents from talking. >> bret: jeff paul in dallas. attorneys for california democrat katie hill are demanding the daily mail website to take photos it claims depict the freshman congresswoman. hill is the subject of a house investigation into allegations she had an inappropriate relationship with the staff member. she has admitted becoming involved with the campaign worker. fox news has asked nancy pelosi's office for reaction but so far it is not commenting. up next, a live upda

texas family protective services reviewing the case after receiving a letter from attorney general ken paxtonin the letter he urged the agency to take a second look at the case over possible abuse involving the child. the judge yesterday in her ruling stated there wasn't any abuse in this particular case and that there was never an order for the child to undergo hormone therapy or surgery. the former married couple have been arguing over the gender of one of their twin children. the mother, pediatrician, says the child is a transgender girl. the father maintains the child is a boy. >> the judge put it condition that both parents have to agree about the medical decisions and in that, it means the case is going to be around for a while and it's likely going to set some precedents. it's one of the reasons why they're so much talk on both sides about it. >> the case is getting a lot of attention from lawmakers like texas senator ted cruz. he sent out a tweet saying a 7-year-old child doesn't have the maturity to make profound decisions like this. the state of texas should protect a child's right

in january, texas attorney general ken paxton tweeted in capital letters, voter fraud alert, claiming that almost 100,000 registrants in texas were noncitizens. but that was false. within a week, it came out that many of these voters were naturalized citizens who had already confirmed their citizenship. in harris county alone, this translated to about 60% of 30,000 voters flagged there. as to the remaining 12,000, an audit of 150 names chosen at random yielded no noncitizens. civil rights organizations including the aclu and texas civil rights project sued to stop texas from purging these voters. they found texas, quote, created a mess, which exemplified the power of the government to strike fear and intimidate the least powerful among us. the case was settled with texas taxpayers on the hook for $450,000 in costs and attorneys fees. texas secretary of state departed from office in disgrace. there are similar stories of inaccurate purges in florida, iowa, and virginia detailed in my written testimony. but the administration now seems intent on repeating these mistakes. in a case that