Ep. 18: Tony Box (Veteran, former AUSA) on Restoring Trust in the Texas AG' s Office Video
Mission: TexasShow Notes
We finalize our interviews of all Attorney General candidates with Tony Box, a veteran, former FBI agent, former federal prosecutor, and Dallas-area dad. We talk about what the AG's office is supposed to do, and how it's been distorted by decades of partisanship.
Tony shares his extraordinary personal story, from surviving a gunshot wound at 16, to serving as a tank commander, JAG officer, FBI agent, and white-collar prosecutor, and explains why that experience uniquely prepares him to lead the state's top law-enforcement office.
We dig into:
* How the Texas AG became a nationalized, hyper-political office * Why Texans deserve an AG who is a check on corruption, not a culture-war weapon * The real, everyday responsibilities of the AG — from consumer protection to child support enforcement * Why enforcement has collapsed as thousands of federal prosecutors leave DOJ * How leadership, trust, and mission matter more than ideology * What it will take to flip Texas statewide, rebuild voter trust, and prepare for 2030 redistricting
This is a conversation about service over spectacle, policy over politics, and what it actually takes to govern a state as big — and as important — as Texas.
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