Adam Hoffman, a 49-year-old Waco attorney, was facing life without parole for the continuous sexual abuse of a young boy. Ken Paxton’s office took the case, sat on it for nearly three years and then offered him a deal to plead guilty to two misdemeanors and serve one day in jail.
That deal was signed off on by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, the man Donald Trump endorsed and called a “true MAGA Warrior”.
Adam Hoffman was originally indicted on first-degree felony continuous sexual abuse of a young child. In Texas, that charge carries a minimum sentence of 25 years and a maximum of life without parole
Hoffman’s first trial ended in June 2025 with a hung jury, seven to five in favor of guilty. The judge declared a mistrial and the case was set for retrial.
The local district attorney in McLennan County had already recused himself, because Hoffman was a fellow Waco lawyer and a member of the same legal community. The case had been handed off to the Texas Attorney General’s office in 2023. By the time of the retrial, Paxton’s office had been running it for two and a half years.
Instead of retrying the case, the Texas Attorney General’s office offered Hoffman a plea deal.
Hoffman would plead guilty to two Class A misdemeanors: indecent assault and displaying harmful material to a minor. He would serve a total of ONE DAY in jail. He would NOT be required to register as a sex offender. His Texas law license would be suspended, but not for life. After 5 years he could reapply for it.
One day in jail, no sex offender registry AND be eligible to practice law again by 2031.
That is the deal the Ken Paxton’s office offered a man who admitted in court to molesting a child.
Hellbound and Down 