Ken Pax­ton Sues Pfiz­er and Tris Phar­ma

Texas AG takes on key player in the Bio-Pharmaceutical Complex

Over the last year I’ve frequently jousted with friends in Dallas about Ken Paxton. Many have tried to persuade me that I should give far greater credence to corruption allegations that led to his impeachment trial in September in which he was exonerated. For my part, I have admired Paxton for his opposition to vaccine mandates, transgender procedures for minors, and other abominations. While so many men in positions of power have chosen what I call the Way of the Weeny—that it, compliance and conformity with state overreach—Paxton has challenged powerful interests and ideologues who have tried to subvert common sense, decency, and constitutional law.

Today his office issued a press release in which it was announced:

The Office of the Attorney General’s Civil Medicaid Fraud Division has sued Pfizer, Inc., Tris Pharma, Inc., and Tris CEO Ketan Mehta for defrauding the Texas Medicaid program by providing adulterated pharmaceutical drugs to Texas children in violation of the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act, now known as the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act.