In Reply to: Jared Kushner - Follow the money posted by mh on October 05, 2026 at 09:23:05
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, has buried a small central Texas pediatric practice in document demands as part of his investigation into what he calls a conspiracy to push parents into vaccinating their children.
The New York Times reported that Paxton's Consumer Protection Division sent her a letter in December demanding 10 years of vaccine purchase records and her practice's vaccine policy, and the letter added that citing the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommended childhood schedule would not be enough – and warned her to stay quiet.
"You are requested NOT to inform other entities of this request, as this request relates to an ongoing confidential investigation that would be jeopardized and impeded by disclosure," the letter stated.
The 28-item demand sought every "reward, financial benefit, bonus, discount, return, rebate or other consideration" she had received from vaccine makers.
Her answers went as far as a $40 batch of cookies a drug rep once brought to her office, but she said her most significant discounts were small price cuts for paying bills on time. Paxton's office replied with follow-up demands, calling some of her responses frivolous or improper.
The doctor, who asked to be identified only by her middle name, Rachel, has treated children in her community for 20 years, but she has spent nearly $15,000 on legal fees so far, digging up receipts for $18 vaccines from a decade ago. Now she is reconsidering whether to keep practicing.