By now, Houstonians know the name William-Paul Thomas. He is the federally convicted former City of Houston Director of City Council Relations. Houstonians were paying his six-figure salary while Thomas was breaking federal law. Thomas was convicted by the feds of cash tied to cash bribes. It was just last month, minutes after being appointed a federal public defender, that KPRC 2 Investigates captured Thomas getting into his convertible Porsche.
KPRC 2 Investigates discovered multiple images of Thomas behind the wheel of a Porsche-- from driving Mayor Turner on the back of one to showcasing his voting status multiple times from 2018 to 2020 inside of another. According to records, Thomas wasn’t the sole owner of a 2015 Porsche Boxter purchased in April 2018, because it also lists Jason Yoo on the title