Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have fled his home to avoid being served with a subpoena on Sept. 26, according to an affidavit filed in federal court, but the attorney general says he left his home to avoid a stranger loitering outside.
The affidavit, obtained by The Texas Tribune, was filed by Ernesto Martin Herrera, a process server, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
According to the affidavit (pdf), Herrera was attempting to serve Paxton with a subpoena to appear before a federal court hearing on Tuesday in a lawsuit from a number of nonprofit organizations trying to block potential criminal charges for those who help Texan women access abortions out of state….