Paxton files FOIA request with DOJ demanding records from Jack Smith's investigation of Trump

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. Department of Justice requesting records from special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President-elect Trump. 

The requested records include "communications from any current or former member of the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith to any New York State governmental office since November 18, 2022 and "all communications from any current or former member of the Office of Special Counsel Jack Smith to the Fulton County District Attorney’s office since November 18, 2022."

"Past Special Counsels, including—notoriously—Robert Mueller, destroyed records at the end of their investigations to avoid accountability. It is not clear why nobody was prosecuted for doing so," Paxton wrote on X. 

"This request is part of my Office’s efforts to ensure that Americans are not cheated out of accountability or information again. This pattern of weaponizing the justice system for partisan retribution must end," he added.