Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico on Thursday slammed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, his Republican opponent, for a plea deal his office offered a Waco man who was charged with repeatedly sexually abusing a young boy.

Speaking from the steps of the McLennan County Courthouse in Waco, Talarico demanded that Paxton release communications from his office showing how the deal came together.

Sign up "If there's anything that all Texans can agree on - Democrats and Republicans, progressive and conservatives - it's that no one, not even the attorney general of Texas, should be able to cover up crimes against children," Talarico said.