Meet the Gay Attorney Defending Rabidly Anti-Gay Texas AG Ken Paxton

Anti-gay Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, facing three felony charges for alleged securities fraud, has hired an openly gay attorney to help represent him.

It’s unclear whether Paxton knows that Pete Schulte, a prominent criminal defense attorney in Dallas, is gay. But Schulte announced this week on Twitter that Paxton has retained him:



WFAA-TV reported on Paxton’s decision to hire Schulte but didn’t mention the attorney’s sexual orientation:

Late Tuesday evening, Paxton also expanded his legal team and added a Democrat. Prominent Dallas attorney Pete Schulte joins Joe Kendall now representing the attorney general.