Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, fled him home in a vehicle driven by his wife, to avoid a subpoena.
According to the affidavit, obtained by The Texas Tribune, Paxton escaped in a truck driven by his wife, Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton after the process server, Ernesto Martin Herrera, arrived at his home to serve him the court documents in a lawsuit by abortion rights groups.
In his affidavit, Herrera said he saw a man he recognized as Paxton while parked outside his home on Monday. But, Paxton turn around and walk away when he saw Herrera.
Herrera then approached the home and was told by a woman he identified as Sen. Paxton, that her husband was on the phone and was unable to come to the door.
Herrera told her he would wait.
After an hour, he saw Paxton emerged from a garage, but when Herrera called out Paxton’s name, he “RAN back inside the house,” Herrera said in the affidavit.
Shortly after, Sen. Paxton emerged from the property, got into a black truck parked in front of the house, and opened the passenger side back door, at which point “Mr. Paxton ran from the door inside the garage towards the rear door behind the driver side,” Herrera said.
“I approached the truck, and loudly called him by his name and stated that I had court documents for him. Mr. Paxton ignored me and kept heading for the truck,” Herrera wrote.
Herrera said he left the subpoena documents by the truck, but the couple drove away “leaving the documents on the ground.”
In a statement on Twitter Paxton claims he fled because he was worried about this family’s safety.
“It’s clear that the media wants to drum up another controversy involving my work as Attorney General, so they’re attacking me for having the audacity to avoid a stranger lingering outside my home and showing concern about the safety and well-being of my family,” Paxton wrote.
