Dan Cogdell, who also represented Kenny Boy in his criminal securities fraud case, has done the switcheroo, as detailed here by NOTUS. The nut grafs:
Dan Cogdell, a Houston-based defense lawyer who represented the Texas attorney general in both the impeachment trial and a long-running securities fraud case, told NOTUS in a statement that his former client “has lost sight of his core mission, which is to represent the people of Texas.”
“And unlike Ken, I believe to my core that James Talarico believes in unity over division and that he knows how to assemble not only Democrats, but Independents and Republicans, and we need that right now,” Cogdell said.
OK, let's look at the first.
Ken Paxton wasn't a choir boy when you represented him, so why are you switching now? Technically, the switch isn't totally new; the story says Cogdell donated to Talarico in March after the Dem primary. (He could have donated to Paxton as well, of course, and did so last year.)
The Trib weighs in with local background. Among that is that Cogdell voted in the Dem primary in Harris County.
That said, it also notes Cogdell has represented the East Plano Islamic Center. So, he's a gun for hire in his past legal career.
Side note: "Big John" Cornyn, he of VD Hooks' onetime bromance at the Monthly, attacked EPIC in the past just like Paxton.
Anyway, this is "nice," but no more than that, as far as Talarico's election campaign.
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