The State Bar of Texas is discontinuing its efforts to discipline embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) for professional misconduct related to Paxton’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The state bar had sought to sanction Paxton, which could have carried a punishment ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment.

The bar's lawyers dropped the lawsuit Wednesday, citing the Texas Supreme Court's decision late last month to clear Paxton's deputy attorney general in a similar case. In the 7-2 high court's December ruling,

The State Bar of Texas will not mover forward with it's case against Attorney General Ken Paxton after the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the assistant attorney general in a similar case last month.

Paxton’s win was unsurprising after the state’s top court sided with his deputy in a similar lawsuit last month.