The state bar had sought to sanction Paxton, which could have carried a punishment ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment.

The State Bar of Texas has fined and suspended Starr County’s district attorney for pursuing a murder indictment against 26-year-old woman after she self-managed an abortion.

The legal battle stems from the attorney general’s unsuccessful 2020 lawsuit that leaned heavily on discredited claims of election fraud in other states. Paxton’s lawyers argue that the bar’s lawsuit is an attempt to control how he runs his office.

The bar, which licenses lawyers and offers training sessions, is suing Paxton in an attempt to sanction him for trying block the certification of Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump.

The Texas attorney general said that the suit was politically motivated and that the state bar has no authority to police the decisions of his office.

Paxton had been under investigation for the complaint since 2021 and had called attempts to investigate him a ploy by “leftists” in the state bar association.

A few hours after saying he was being sued by the bar, Paxton’s office announced an investigation into the Texas Bar Foundation for “facilitating mass influx of illegal aliens.”

Paxton is accused of professional misconduct for suing to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.

A former Dallas County prosecutor has surrendered his law license after the State Bar of Texas said he withheld evidence that led to the wrongful convictions of two men who spent 14 years in prison in the fatal stabbing of a pastor.

SAN ANTONIO A newly-established, seven-member committee made up of three district court judges and four criminal defense attorneys met for the first time on Wednesday. The committee is headed by District Judge Ron Rangel. Through the new committee, inmates are given a postcard with a phone number and instructions on how to reach the committee to discuss concerns about their court-appointed attorney. As soon as we get that contact, the attorney review committee sets it up, Rangel said. We want to make sure that our court-appointed attorneys have transparency that they feel confident that we are behind them.RELATED: Bexar County judge proposes new specialty court amid domestic violence case spike this year