Paxton wants city’s police chief pulled from job

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal battle against San Antonio Police Chief William McManus and the city’s top leadership has entered a new phase, with Paxton filing court papers seeking to strip McManus of his job.

In a petition filed last month in a state District Court in San Antonio, Paxton alleges that McManus has violated state law by failing to turn over to federal immigration agents immigrants suspected of being in the U.S. illegally.

Paxton has been tangling with McManus and San Antonio in a state District Court in Austin since November 2018 over the Alamo City’s handling of unauthorized immigrants. In that lawsuit, Paxton accused McManus of violations of a new state law targeting what conservative critics call “sanctuary cities.” The pending lawsuit seeks millions of dollars in damages. San Antonio City Attorney Andy Segovia describes the latest petition as frivolous attempt by Paxton to distract from his own legal woes.

The Associated Press has reported that the FBI is investigating renovations made to Paxton’s milliondollar home as part of an ongoing probe into allegations that the state’s highest-ranking attorney illegally helped a wealthy donor.