Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Takes Action After Biden-Har­ris Admin­is­tra­tion Selec­tive­ly Tar­gets Elon Musk’s Vot­er Reg­is­tra­tion Dri­ves While Enabling Nonci­t­i­zens to Ille­gal­ly Vote

Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to investigate the federal agency’s intimidation of businessman Elon Musk over his voter registration program that performs outreach to supporters of First and Second Amendment rights.

October 24, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Makes Crim­i­nal Refer­ral to DOJ Con­cern­ing Wide­spread Sus­pect Polit­i­cal Dona­tions Made Through ActBlue’s Fundrais­ing Platform

Attorney General Ken Paxton made a criminal referral to the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) detailing the results of an investigation that revealed how suspicious actors seemingly use ActBlue’s political fundraising platform to make illegal straw donations.

October 24, 2024 | Press Release

Office of the Attor­ney Gen­er­al Sets the Record Straight About Nik­ki Curtis’s Death, Rebut­ting Jeff Leach’s and Joe Moody’s Lies About Con­vict­ed Child Murderer

The Office of the Attorney General released the original autopsy report and other evidence to correct falsehoods amplified by a coalition interfering with the capital punishment proceedings in which Robert Roberson was scheduled to be executed for the murder of his two-year-old daughter Nikki.

October 23, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden-Har­ris Admin­is­tra­tion for Refus­ing to Ver­i­fy the Cit­i­zen­ship Sta­tus of Poten­tial­ly Inel­i­gi­ble Vot­ers on Texas Vot­er Rolls

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and other members of the Biden-Harris Administration for refusing to comply with federal law requiring them to assist States in verifying the citizenship status of potentially ineligible people registered to vote.

October 22, 2024 | Press Release

Inves­ti­ga­tion Into Act­Blue By Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Uncov­ers Large Num­ber of Sus­pi­cious Dona­tions Made Through Obscured Iden­ti­ties and Untrace­able Means; OAG Demands FEC Action

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a Petition for Rulemaking to the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) detailing how suspicious actors appear to be using ActBlue’s political fundraising platform to make a large number of straw political donations.

October 21, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Paxton’s Cold Case Unit Helps Solve Decade Old Homi­cide in Texarkana

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit assisted the Texarkana Police Department in solving a 2014 homicide, leading to the arrest of 27-year-old Cameron Cheatham for the murder of Xavier Rollins.

October 18, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Rec­og­nizes Octo­ber as Nation­al Domes­tic Vio­lence Aware­ness Month

For the tenth consecutive year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) employees will participate in “Go Purple Day” during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. On Thursday, October 17, OAG employees wear purple to symbolize solidarity with survivors, raising awareness against domestic violence.

October 17, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Doc­tor for Ille­gal­ly Pro­vid­ing Harm­ful Gen­der Tran­si­tion” Treat­ments to Near­ly Two Dozen Texas Children

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a North Texas doctor for blatantly violating Texas law by providing prohibited “gender transition” treatments to nearly two dozen minors.

October 17, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Takes Action To Stop Biden-Har­ris Administration’s Unlaw­ful Rule Tar­get­ing Gas Stoves and Ovens

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate lawsuit against the Biden-Harris Administration, suing the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit over a final rule that unlawfully imposes burdensome regulatory requirements on conventional stoves and ovens.

October 16, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sends Mul­ti­state Let­ter to Biden-Har­ris Admin­is­tra­tion Demand­ing Com­pli­ance with Fed­er­al Law to Stop Nonci­t­i­zens from Voting

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter along with fifteen other attorneys general demanding that U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas fulfill his legal duty to work with States to verify citizenship information for registered voters.

October 16, 2024 | Press Release