Ken Paxton

Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. (born December 23, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician. He is the Attorney General of Texas since January 2015. He was Texas State Senator for the 8th district and the Texas State Representative for the 70th district. 

Paxton has been under indictment since 2015 on state securities fraud charges. He has pleaded not guilty. In October 2020, many public officials accused him of bribery.AP Sources: FBI is investigating Texas attorney general , Associated Press

After Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election and Donald Trump did not accept losing while making false claims of election fraud, Paxton help Trump in his efforts to overturn the result. He filled the unsuccessful Texas v. Pennsylvania case in the Supreme Court. He spoke at the rally Trump held on January 6, 2021, that happened shortly before the 2021 United States Capitol attack.Trump thought courts were key to winning. Judges disagreed, Associated Press, Coleen Long and Ed White, December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.

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