Texas AG Ken Paxton demands apology for mounted Border Patrol agents

Texas Legal professional Normal Ken Paxton is demanding the Biden administration apologize for falsely accusing 4 mounted Border Patrol brokers of whipping Haitian migrants on the southern border with Mexico final yr.

“There’s little question this was political,” Paxton informed Fox Information Friday, becoming a member of different Republicans in demanding a mea culpa from the president.

“And it’s actually unlucky that these border brokers who’ve given their lives to securing our border and defending Individuals [sic]. And right here they’re being punished; they need to be rewarded,” he added.

A 511-page report launched by the US Customs and Border Safety Workplace of Private Accountability this week discovered that the whipping allegations had been false and cleared the brokers.

The inquiry was sparked after photographs emerged of brokers on horseback in Del Rio, Texas holding again Haitian migrants in September, and President Biden falsely accused them of wrongdoing.

“To see folks handled like they did … folks being strapped – it’s outrageous,” the president mentioned on the time earlier than vowing: “I promise you, these folks pays.”

Regardless of the CBP findings, Biden insisted that officers discover one thing on the brokers. Border Patrol union head Brandon Judd accused Biden of “a political hit job” towards the 4 brokers who face punishment starting from a letter of self-discipline to termination.