Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico is demanding that his opponent, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, "release the files" about a man indicted for child sexual abuse who spent just 29 days in a Texas jail after striking a deal with Paxton's office.

The renewed calls from Talarico - a Democratic state representative - for Paxton to release details about the deal reached between the AG's office and former Waco attorney Adam Hoffman come after a video tweeted out Wednesday shows Paxton refusing to answer questions about his relationship with the man.

Sign up "Why did you give a plea deal to a child sex predator? Do you have anything to say about that?" Acyn Torabi, senior digital editor with progressive media company Meidas Touch, asks Paxton in the clip.