**OFF THE RECORD — EYES ONLY**
It’s happening again. Ken Paxton’s office is quietly scrubbing internal communications from late October — and sources inside the AG’s basement server room say backups show a pattern of after-hours meetings with energy executives flagged by security logs as "private counsel."
No indictments. No press releases. Just one internal memo, titled “Project Black Gold,” left open on a shared drive for three minutes before being deleted.
What was in it?
Deniability.