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Oliver Willis at Daily Kos:

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has only been an official GOP Senate nominee for a few days, and he’s already dealing with fallout from a controversial offer that his office made to a pedophile. During an interview with CBS News, Democratic candidate James Talarico was asked to respond to a childish nickname that Paxton has used to describe him, “Talafreako.”  “If Ken Paxton is worried about freaks, he should stop giving Epstein-style sweetheart deals to pedophiles. This is the guy who just released Adam Hoffman from jail, an admitted child rapist, after one of Ken Paxton’s wealthy lawyer friends got involved in the case,” Talarico said. [...]

The controversy stems from a plea deal that Paxton’s office negotiated with Hoffman, a former attorney from Waco, Texas. After being charged with repeatedly sexually abusing a young boy, Hoffman was facing a possible life sentence without parole. But after Paxton’s team negotiated with Hoffman, he instead pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors and would serve just one day in jail.  Conservative Judge Roy Sparkman was incredulous about the offer, according to court transcripts, insisting that Hoffman serve 60 days instead. Hoffman was released on Monday after only serving 29 days of his sentence.

AG Ken Paxton = soft-on-pedos.