Texas wants court order preserving Jack Smith records after ‘shredding truck’ seen at DOJ

Paxton himself is no stranger to FOIA controversy. The nonpartisan government watchdog group American Oversight has been seeking emails Paxton sent around the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and communications with gun industry lobbyists following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, for years. A Texas appellate court earlier this year ruled in favor of the watchdog group after it said the requests were stonewalled. That case remains ongoing.