“Pfizer engaged in false, deceptive, and misleading acts and practices by making unsupported claims regarding the company’s COVID-19 vaccine in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act,” a press release from Paxton’s office claimed.

“We are pursuing justice for the people of Texas, many of whom were coerced by tyrannical vaccine mandates to take a defective product sold by lies,” Paxton said. “The facts are clear. Pfizer did not tell the truth about their COVID-19 vaccines. Whereas the Biden Administration weaponized the pandemic to force illegal public health decrees on the public and enrich pharmaceutical companies, I will use every tool I have to protect our citizens who were misled and harmed by Pfizer’s actions.”

[I’m not the biggest Paxton fan, but I think this may be one of his best moves. It’s time to force disclosures on information that the CDC and Pfizer have mainly kept from public view. If there’s nothing amiss, well, state of Texas will have wasted some time and resources. But if there is something to know, we can be sure that this kind of action is the only way it will come to light. — Ed]