now, amid these allegations and investigations, including the one by the texas house, which asks the texas attorney general to preserve documents, there is this. take a look at this video. this is a dumpster fire at the texas a.g. s office happening yesterday. this video first started circulating on twitter. then the texas a.g. s office also tweeted to from its official account. and we contacted the fire department in austin and they say that they responded. they were there for a few minutes. they are investigating. now there is an open investigation into this dumpster fire, kaitlan and poppy. a lot there. we will continue monitoring, to say the least. i mean, a literal dumpster fire. yes. reporter: words aren t even needed for that. coming up, we will take you live to the national mall this morning a few days ahead of memorial day. jake tapper is with a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
whistleblower lawsuit he settled in february obligating texas taxpayers, not paxton, to pay the $3.3 million settlement as part of the settlement the texas a.g. issued an apology, but that doesn t constitute admission of liability. definitely looks like ken paxton trying to deflect his own problems on to the speaker of the house. reporter: after the hearing the mudslinging continued. paxton calling the house speaker the l word, saying feelin is a liberal. disenfranchising voters. phelan saying the attorney general has abused his powers for personal gain and exhibited blatant disregard for eta aquaridscal and legal propriety expected of the state s leading law enforcement officer.