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Trump Ally Ken Paxton Escalates Texas Redistricting Fight With Call for Beto O'Rourke to Be Jailed

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is escalating the partisan redistricting fight by asking a judge to hold progressive ...

Ken Paxton asks judge to jail Beto O’Rourke for fundraising Texas Dems’ walkout

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday asked a Tarrant County judge to jail former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, in another ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton says Beto O'Rourke deserves jail over his Fort Worth rally

Ken Paxton says Beto O’Rourke violated a Tarrant County judge’s order after he continued to fundraise for Texas House ...

Ken Paxton asks judge to jail Beto O’Rourke for fundraising Texas Democrats' walkout

Paxton sued O’Rourke and his political group last week, arguing that the group was deceptively fundraising for and illegally ...

Paxton working to put Beto O’Rourke ‘behind bars’ for PAC payments to Texas Democrats

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday said prison is on the line for former Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke after he was ...

Texas Supreme Court delays decision on Abbott and Paxton’s request to eject Democrats from office

The Texas Supreme Court requested more information from Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s ...

Paxton urges Texas judge to jail Beto O’Rourke over fundraising related to redistricting fight

Paxton’s request to jail a political rival comes amid calls by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Paxton and their allies to arrest ...
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Paxton, Burrows ask Illinois court to enforce Texas arrest warrants against Democrats who left the state

The attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says states should ...

Paxton and Cornyn, facing off for Senate, use their official powers in Texas redistricting fight

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the man he is vying to unseat in next year’s Republican primary, US Sen. John Cornyn, ...

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues to remove 13 Democrats over quorum-breaking walkout

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing 13 Democrats, claiming their walkout to block GOP maps represents an abandonment ...

Paxton seeks Beto O’Rourke’s arrest over financial support of Texas Democrats

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is seeking former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D-Texas) arrest, alleging in a motion filed on Tuesday that the Texas Democrat was violating a temporary restraining ...