GOP’s Matt Krause joins race against Texas AG Ken Paxton
3 years, 3 months ago

GOP’s Matt Krause joins race against Texas AG Ken Paxton

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Matt Krause, a longtime ally of embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, said Thursday he is joining the growing ranks of candidates who will challenge him for his job in 2022. Paxton is seeking a third term under the cloud of an FBI investigation, set off by an extraordinary revolt by his top deputes last year, and is still awaiting trial on felony securities fraud charges. Republicans George P. Bush and Eva Guzman, a former Texas Supreme Court justice, have already launched GOP primary challenges against Paxton. A member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, Krause said he saw an opening in the field and said the upheaval in Paxton’s office raises question about his ability to focus on the job.

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'Take this as a warning': Texas attorney general issues ominous threat to GOP lawmakers
1 week, 2 days ago

'Take this as a warning': Texas attorney general issues ominous threat to GOP lawmakers

Raw Story  

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has a message for Republican state legislators: Don’t mess with the Texas speaker’s race – or else. The far-right attorney general – a staunch ally of President-elect Donald Trump – announced on New Year’s Eve that he would embark on a statewide tour of districts where incumbent Republican state representatives are reportedly working with Democratic …

'Ideal choice': Trump aide suggests this controversial state AG could be pick to lead DOJ
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Ideal choice': Trump aide suggests this controversial state AG could be pick to lead DOJ

Raw Story  

Now that former Rep. Matt Gaetz has officially withdrawn his name from consideration to be the next attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump is quickly moving on to his next choice. According to a report in NYSun.com, Trump's next attorney general-designate could be Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton. The Sun reported that an unnamed source "with close ties to Trump's …

Judge in Texas orders pause on Biden program that offers legal status to spouses of US citizens
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge in Texas orders pause on Biden program that offers legal status to spouses of US citizens

Associated Press  

McALLEN, Texas — A federal judge in Texas on Monday paused a Biden administration policy that would give spouses of U.S. citizens legal status without having to first leave the country, dealing at least a temporary setback to one of the biggest presidential actions to ease a path to citizenship in years. The states accused the administration of bypassing Congress …

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan wins GOP primary runoff, fending off anger over impeachment
7 months, 1 week ago

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan wins GOP primary runoff, fending off anger over impeachment

Hindustan Times  

AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan has won his primary runoff to survive a wave of party turbulence in America’s biggest red state and anger from the right over last year’s impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan wins GOP primary runoff, fending off anger over impeachment A shakeup in the Texas …

Once the Texas GOP’s 'weak link,' Ken Paxton is growing more popular and powerful
9 months, 1 week ago

Once the Texas GOP’s 'weak link,' Ken Paxton is growing more popular and powerful

Raw Story  

"Once the Texas GOP’s “weak link,” Attorney General Ken Paxton is growing more popular and powerful" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. It was another major vindication for Paxton after the Senate acquitted him of the House’s …

Republican Texas House Speaker Headed To Runoff As AG Ken Paxton Takes Revenge
10 months ago

Republican Texas House Speaker Headed To Runoff As AG Ken Paxton Takes Revenge

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan headed to a primary runoff against challenger David Covey, bruising one of the state’s most powerful figures and emboldening state Attorney General Ken Paxton in his revenge campaign to oust GOP incumbent lawmakers who sought his impeachment. The state party censured Phelan last month for his vote to …

David Covey forces runoff with Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, who led AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment
10 months ago

David Covey forces runoff with Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, who led AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan headed to a primary runoff against challenger David Covey, bruising one of the state’s most powerful figures and emboldening state Attorney General Ken Paxton in his revenge campaign to oust GOP incumbent lawmakers who sought his impeachment. The state party censured Phelan last month for his vote to impeach Paxton, accusing …

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment. Now he wants Super Tuesday revenge on his foes
10 months, 1 week ago

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment. Now he wants Super Tuesday revenge on his foes

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beat impeachment. They include rank-and-file legislators, state judges and one of the most powerful figures in Texas: Republican House Speaker Dade Phelan, who oversaw the historic vote last year to impeach Paxton on corruption charges. Phelan recently punched back with a video reminding voters of Paxton’s extramarital affair, saying Paxton broke an …

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton gets temporary reprieve from testifying in lawsuit against him
11 months, 1 week ago

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton gets temporary reprieve from testifying in lawsuit against him

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to temporarily halt state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s scheduled testimony in a whistleblower lawsuit that was at the heart of the impeachment charges brought against him in 2023, delaying what could have been the Republican’s first sworn statements on corruption allegations. The court gave attorneys for a group of former …

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and AG Ken Paxton promised retribution for votes they didn’t like
1 year ago

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and AG Ken Paxton promised retribution for votes they didn’t like

Raw Story  

Dec. 21, 2023 "Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and AG Ken Paxton promised retribution for votes they didn’t like. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton seek revenge against dozens of fellow Republicans in the state House. Sixty House Republicans voted to impeach Paxton, while Abbott is focused on a narrower group of 21 who voted last month to strip a …

Three Texas judges up for reelection targeted by Ken Paxton’s political revenge machine
1 year ago

Three Texas judges up for reelection targeted by Ken Paxton’s political revenge machine

Raw Story  

Attorney General Ken Paxton is turning up the heat in the Republican primary for Texas’ highest criminal court, where three judges are up for reelection. Paxton has long made clear he would be going after the Republican judges over their 2021 ruling that struck down the attorney general’s ability to unilaterally prosecute voter fraud, saying that his office must get …

Republican Texas AG Ken Paxton is acquitted of corruption charges at historic impeachment trial
1 year, 3 months ago

Republican Texas AG Ken Paxton is acquitted of corruption charges at historic impeachment trial

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was fully acquitted Saturday of corruption charges in a historic impeachment trial, a resounding verdict that reaffirms the power of the GOP’s hard right and puts an indicted incumbent who remains under FBI investigation back into office. In accusing Paxton of abusing his office, former advisers recounted how Texas’ top lawyer …

Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial is over. Here’s what led to his acquittal and what’s next
1 year, 3 months ago

Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial is over. Here’s what led to his acquittal and what’s next

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The GOP-dominated Texas Senate acquitted fellow Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday, putting him back in office and showing no political damage after a two-week impeachment trial on allegations of corruption. “We discovered unprecedented abuse in the Texas attorney general’s office by Mr. Paxton,” said state Rep. Andrew Murr, a Republican. He abused the entire …

Both sides rest in Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial, moving historic case closer to a verdict
1 year, 3 months ago

Both sides rest in Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial, moving historic case closer to a verdict

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton moved closer to a verdict Thursday as closing arguments were set in the historic case that has put the embattled Republican’s career in jeopardy over accusations of corruption and bribery. Attorneys for the bipartisan group of lawmakers prosecuting Paxton’s impeachment rested their case Wednesday after a woman who …

Texas AG Ken Paxton’s affair took a toll on office, a former staffer says at impeachment trial
1 year, 3 months ago

Texas AG Ken Paxton’s affair took a toll on office, a former staffer says at impeachment trial

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — One of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ‘s former staffers testified Monday that the Republican’s extramarital affair took a toll on employees who had to work long and odd hours because of the secret relationship that is now a factor in his impeachment trial. Paxton had the affair with a woman who worked for local developer Nate …

A former Texas lawman says he warned AG Ken Paxton in 2020 that he was risking indictment
1 year, 4 months ago

A former Texas lawman says he warned AG Ken Paxton in 2020 that he was risking indictment

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — As Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial neared the halfway point Friday, a former state lawman said he warned the Republican in 2020 that he was risking indictment by helping a donor under FBI investigation. “If he didn’t get away from this individual and stop doing what he was doing, he was gonna get himself indicted,” …

Texas AG Ken Paxton claims fellow Republicans plotted to oust him in impeachment trial defense
1 year, 4 months ago

Texas AG Ken Paxton claims fellow Republicans plotted to oust him in impeachment trial defense

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We were protecting the interest of the state …

Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial defense includes claims of a Republican plot to remove him
1 year, 4 months ago

Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial defense includes claims of a Republican plot to remove him

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has long denied corruption accusations that have dogged him for years. “It was not a mutiny,” Ryan Bangert, one of Paxton’s former aides, testified Thursday about a group of deputies who reported their boss to the FBI in 2020. “We were protecting the interest of the state and protecting the interest of …

Timeline of events leading to the impeachment of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
1 year, 4 months ago

Timeline of events leading to the impeachment of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A timeline of events that led to the impeachment trial of three-term Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in the state Senate. 2020 Several of Paxton’s top aides tell the FBI about concerns that the attorney general was misusing the powers of his office to help wealthy donor and Austin real estate developer Nate Paul with a …

Texas AG Ken Paxton pleads not guilty at impeachment trial and then leaves as arguments get underway
1 year, 4 months ago

Texas AG Ken Paxton pleads not guilty at impeachment trial and then leaves as arguments get underway

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The historic impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton began Tuesday with accusations of corruption that went unchecked for years and the Republican pleading not guilty as his party confronts whether to oust one of former President Donald Trump’s biggest defenders. “The Texas House took away the votes of the over 4 million people who voted …

Texas GOP lawmakers facing 'fallout' over Ken Paxton impeachment: report
1 year, 4 months ago

Texas GOP lawmakers facing 'fallout' over Ken Paxton impeachment: report

Raw Story  

The impeachment trial for embattled Texas A.G. Ken Paxton is pending, but fellow Republicans in the state are already being hit with political shrapnel, according to a Saturday news report. "When House members first heard details of the 20 articles of impeachment against Attorney General Paxton, Republican Texas Rep. Charlie Geren of Fort Worth dropped a bombshell: 'I would like …

Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial is in the hands of Republicans who have been by his side
1 year, 4 months ago

Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial is in the hands of Republicans who have been by his side

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Billionaires, burner phones, alleged bribes: The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is going to test the will of Republicans senators to oust not only one of their own, but a firebrand who has helped drive the state’s hard turn to the right for years. “This is going to impact the leadership and the party …

Texas’ Ken Paxton hires prominent attorney for impeachment trial
1 year, 7 months ago

Texas’ Ken Paxton hires prominent attorney for impeachment trial

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A new lawyer for Ken Paxton on Wednesday raised skepticism that the embattled Texas attorney general’s impeachment trial could be done quickly and attacked the case that could lead to the Republican’s permanent removal from office as a sham. “The impeachment articles that have been laid out by the House are baloney,” Buzbee said during a news …

Big-name Texas attorneys hired to present impeachment case against Ken Paxton
1 year, 7 months ago

Big-name Texas attorneys hired to present impeachment case against Ken Paxton

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Two prominent Texas attorneys with a long list of famous clients will present the case for impeachment against Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and called for transparency Thursday once the trial gets underway this summer in the state Capitol. The hiring of Dick DeGuerin and Rusty Hardin, announced by a state House committee that has accused Paxton …

Impeachment trial of Texas’ Ken Paxton to begin no later than August 28
1 year, 7 months ago

Impeachment trial of Texas’ Ken Paxton to begin no later than August 28

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A historic impeachment trial in Texas to determine whether Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton should be permanently removed from office will begin no later than August in the state Senate, where the jury that would determine his future could include his wife, Sen. Angela Paxton. Setting a schedule was one of the last orders of business lawmakers …

Timeline of events leading to the impeachment of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
1 year, 7 months ago

Timeline of events leading to the impeachment of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A timeline of events that have led to three-term Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, 60, being impeached Saturday. 2020 Several of Paxton’s top aides tell the FBI about concerns that the attorney general was misusing the powers of his office to help wealthy donor and Austin real estate developer Nate Paul with a troubled real estate …

Why Texas’ GOP-controlled House impeached Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton
1 year, 7 months ago

Why Texas’ GOP-controlled House impeached Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — After years of legal and ethical scandals swirling around Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state’s GOP-controlled House of Representatives on Saturday voted to impeach him, causing his immediate suspension from office. The extraordinary and rarely used maneuver came in the final days of the state’s legislative session, setting up a bruising political fight that pitted …

Trump and Ted Cruz mount last-minute appeals against Texas AG Paxton's GOP-led impeachment
1 year, 7 months ago

Trump and Ted Cruz mount last-minute appeals against Texas AG Paxton's GOP-led impeachment

Raw Story  

Embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has received 11th hour support from Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz as he faces 20 counts of impeachment in the Texas House. Trump posted this on Truth Social: “The RINO Speaker of the House of Texas, Dade Phelan, who is barely a Republican at all and failed the test on voter integrity, wants …

Texas Capitol jolted by investigation of attorney general, accusation House speaker was drunk on job
1 year, 7 months ago

Texas Capitol jolted by investigation of attorney general, accusation House speaker was drunk on job

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers revealed Tuesday a monthslong corruption investigation into Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, going public with the probe shortly after Paxton accused the GOP House speaker of being drunk on the job. Hours after Paxton’s claim, House Speaker Dade Phelan announced the House General Investigating Committee has been looking into “alleged illegal conduct” by Paxton, who …

Texas congressman who broke with GOP is censured
1 year, 10 months ago

Texas congressman who broke with GOP is censured

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Republican U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was censured Saturday in a rare move by his state party over votes that included supporting new gun safety laws after the Uvalde school shooting in his district. “The Republican Party of Texas would be wise to follow his lead and do some actual work.” The vote followed an hourlong, …

Texas congressman's breaks with GOP could lead to censure
1 year, 10 months ago

Texas congressman's breaks with GOP could lead to censure

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Republican U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was facing a …

GOP’s Ken Paxton wins 3rd term as Texas attorney general
2 years, 2 months ago

GOP’s Ken Paxton wins 3rd term as Texas attorney general

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won reelection Tuesday, adding to Republicans’ decades of dominance in the state’s top offices despite a slew of legal problems and dysfunction in his agency. Paxton secured a third term as Texas’ top lawyer, setting up America’s biggest red state to continue mounting conservative legal challenges to the administration of Democratic President Joe …

Texas Attorney General Paxton defeats Bush in GOP runoff
2 years, 7 months ago

Texas Attorney General Paxton defeats Bush in GOP runoff

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won his Republican runoff election against Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush on Tuesday despite facing a slew of legal problems, including an FBI investigation and a trial on securities fraud charges. The wide gap underscored Paxton’s continued political durability and showed how much ground the 46-year-old scion of the Bush political …

Cornyn: Texas AG Ken Paxton’s legal woes an ‘embarrassment’
2 years, 7 months ago

Cornyn: Texas AG Ken Paxton’s legal woes an ‘embarrassment’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas on Thursday blasted one of his party’s top leaders back home, calling the mounting pile of accusations and legal woes Attorney General Ken Paxton faces an “embarrassment” just days before a primary runoff election. “This is the chief law enforcement officer of the state of Texas and it’s a source of …

Texas’ GOP runoffs hinge on a name that’s not on the ballot
2 years, 10 months ago

Texas’ GOP runoffs hinge on a name that’s not on the ballot

Raw Story  

Donald Trump could decide who gets the GOP nomination for attorney general of Texas and, in the process, could be a factor in runoffs farther down that party’s ballot in May. If that race draws a crowd — it will be at the top of the GOP’s runoff ticket — the voters Paxton and Bush lure to the polls will …

Texas primary is George P. Bush’s biggest test yet in GOP
2 years, 10 months ago

Texas primary is George P. Bush’s biggest test yet in GOP

Associated Press  

LAKEWAY, Texas — Fighting to stay in office, George P. Bush — the last of the Bush family still on the ballot — greeted a small outdoor crowd at an Austin brewery sounding like most Republicans running in Texas’ primary Tuesday. Bush has bucked his family in his support of Trump, but Tuesday will test his belief that he can …

Texas congressman joins GOP race for attorney general
3 years, 1 month ago

Texas congressman joins GOP race for attorney general

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert has joined the crowded field of Republicans mounting primary challenges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Despite the federal investigation and long-standing legal problems, Paxton has remained competitive in his party’s primary and won former President Donald Trump’s endorsement. Rather, he said in a video Monday that he backs many of the attorney …

Texas’ new elections chief joined Trump’s challenge in 2020
3 years, 2 months ago

Texas’ new elections chief joined Trump’s challenge in 2020

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday picked as the state’s new elections chief an attorney who briefly joined former President Donald Trump’s legal team last year as it challenged the 2020 election results. His appointment as secretary of state troubled voting rights groups near the end of an already highly charged year in Texas over elections, …

Ex-Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman running for AG
3 years, 6 months ago

Ex-Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman running for AG

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman formally launched a run for attorney general Monday, becoming the latest challenger to embattled GOP incumbent Ken Paxton. Guzman, a Republican who spent more than a decade on Texas’ highest court before stepping down this month, joins Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush in what may be the state’s most …

George P. Bush running for attorney general in Texas
3 years, 7 months ago

George P. Bush running for attorney general in Texas

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — George P. Bush on Wednesday launched his next political move: a run for Texas attorney general in 2022 that puts the scion of a Republican dynasty against a GOP incumbent shadowed by securities fraud charges and an FBI investigation. Bush, 45, said he spoke with Texas’ two previous attorneys general prior to Paxton — Republican Gov. “Texans …

Texas takes on Biden but Republicans keep distance from AG
3 years, 11 months ago

Texas takes on Biden but Republicans keep distance from AG

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — As President Joe Biden’s agenda is dealt an early blow in Texas, the embattled Republican attorney general promising more fights ahead with the new administration is getting little public support from members of his party, even as they cheer the results. That’s the real litmus test,” said Republican state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, who pointed toward the deportation …

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general taking Trump’s voter fraud conspiracies to the Supreme Court
4 years, 1 month ago

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general taking Trump’s voter fraud conspiracies to the Supreme Court

CNN  

CNN — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has fought in the courts for President Donald Trump’s causes before, has emerged as one of the final defenders of the President’s baseless claims of voter fraud in hopes of overturning the election. “Using the Covid-19 pandemic as a justification,” he wrote in the lawsuit, officials in the battleground states “usurped their …

Trump Asks Supreme Court To Let Him Join Widely Scorned Texas Election Lawsuit
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump Asks Supreme Court To Let Him Join Widely Scorned Texas Election Lawsuit

NPR  

Trump Asks Supreme Court To Let Him Join Widely Scorned Texas Election Lawsuit Enlarge this image toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP Evan Vucci/AP Election experts scoffed this week when Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he would be filing a lawsuit in the Supreme Court against four key states in an attempt to block presidential electors from finalizing Joe Biden's election …

Ken Paxton: The rank hypocrisy of the Texas AG’s election case (opinion)
4 years, 1 month ago

Ken Paxton: The rank hypocrisy of the Texas AG’s election case (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: James Moore is a political analyst, author and business communications consultant who has been writing and reporting on Texas politics since 1975. And when the Texas Republican attorney general filed a suit on Tuesday with the US Supreme Court on behalf of his state, he also became an even more rank hypocrite. The staffers insisted they had “a …

Texas congressman calls on state attorney general to resign
4 years, 3 months ago

Texas congressman calls on state attorney general to resign

Associated Press  

DALLAS — A Republican congressman from Texas became the most prominent member of his party to call for the resignation of the state’s Republican attorney general, Ken Paxton, after Paxton’s top deputies reported him to law enforcement for alleged crimes including bribery and abuse of office. Rep. Chip Roy, who was previously Paxton’s second in command in the attorney general’s …

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