Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is throwing his support behind Will Scharf in the GOP primary race to serve as Missouri's chief legal officer.
FIRST ON FOX: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is throwing his support behind one of former President Trump's attorneys in the GOP primary race to serve as Missouri's chief legal officer. Paxton said he is 'confident' that Will Scharf, who's working alongside the former president to appeal his conviction on 34 felony counts in New York, is the best person to 'protect the freedoms and liberties' of Missouri residents.
In addition to being one of Trump’s lawyers, Scharf has worked as an assistant U.S. Attorney in St. Louis, and worked on the campaign and later in the office of then-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. Bailey has spent nearly his entire career in Missouri. The Army veteran received his undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Missouri, worked in the state attorney general’s office, and he was an assistant county prosecutor and a state government lawyer before joining the office of Gov.
The Republican Attorneys General Association, which normally supports GOP attorney general incumbents, has stayed out of the Missouri primary. Some of the association’s biggest contributors, however, are backing Scharf. They’re doing so by making contributions to a Missouri arm of Club for Growth, a major funding power that focuses on aiding fiscally conservative candidates and that, in turn, is airing ads to boost Scharf and criticize Bailey. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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