Disgraced former Rep. Blake Farenthold’s new employer is seeking the opinion of Texas’ attorney general about the legality of his hiring.

The Calhoun Port Authority is asking whether Farenthold’s hiring violated the Texas Open Meetings Act, the Victoria Advocate reported.

Farenthold announced his hiring last week and it was revealed the job was a new position to lobby in Washington for port funding for improvements.

There were questions raised immediately about whether Farenthold’s position was approved in a closed-session discussion on May 9.

Attorneys told the Advocate that the port needed to post Farenthold being hired a lobbyist as part of its agenda but it did not.