The state bar sought to take away the law license of Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster over a Texas lawsuit challenging 2020 presidential election results.

The three-term Republican attorney general said the ruling validates his claim that his office was the target of "political retaliation."

The Texas Supreme Court dismissed a case against Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster that claimed professional misconduct when he was a named filer in a lawsuit challenging the 2020 election.

First Assistant AG Brent Webster was sued over alleged deceit in a U.S. Supreme Court petition to overturn 2020 election results.