Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Urges Court to Pre­vent Jack Smith from Destroy­ing Records Detail­ing Base­less Pros­e­cu­tion of Pres­i­dent Trump After Paper Shred­ding Truck Seen Out­side DOJ

Attorney General Ken Paxton urged a federal court to grant an emergency motion for a preservation motion to prevent the U.S. Department of Justice from destroying any records concerning the baseless prosecution of President Donald Trump by Special Prosecutor Jack Smith.

November 21, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Opens Inves­ti­ga­tion Into Pos­si­ble Con­spir­a­cy by Adver­tis­ing Com­pa­nies to Boy­cott Cer­tain Social Media Platforms

Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a civil investigative demand to the World Federation of Advertisers (“WFA”) as part of an ongoing investigation into a potential anticompetitive scheme to withhold advertising dollars from certain social media platforms.

November 21, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues the City of Dal­las for Bal­lot Mea­sure Pro­hibit­ing Police from Enforc­ing Mar­i­jua­na-Relat­ed Offenses

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the City of Dallas and local officials for adopting a city charter amendment that would illegally decriminalize marijuana-related offenses and prohibit police from enforcing Texas law.

November 21, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Rec­og­nizes Novem­ber as Nation­al Adop­tion Month; High­lights OAG Sup­port Adop­tion” Grant Pro­gram and License Plate

In recognition of National Adoption Month, Attorney General Ken Paxton encourages Texans to purchase the “Support Adoption” license plate that funds the “Support Adoption” Grant Program administered by the Office of the Attorney General.

November 19, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Stops Biden-Har­ris Administration’s Attempt to Revive Oba­ma-Era Reg­u­la­tion That Ille­gal­ly Sought to Rewrite Fed­er­al Over­time Law

Attorney General Ken Paxton blocked the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) from instituting a regulation that would have restructured overtime requirements in violation of federal law.

November 18, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Win At Texas Supreme Court, Shut­ting Down Attempt to Derail Court-Ordered Exe­cu­tion of Con­vict­ed Child Murderer

Attorney General Ken Paxton successfully stopped an attempt by activists and a handful of State legislators to create a precedent allowing for a legislative committee to delay an execution, settling a critical Constitutional question and ensuring justice for the two-year-old murder victim in the 2002 case.

November 18, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton and Oth­er State AGs Demand For­mal End To Base­less Pros­e­cu­tions Tar­get­ing Pres­i­dent Trump By New York AG Leti­tia James, Ful­ton Coun­ty DA Fani Willis, and DOJ’s Jack Smith

Attorney General Ken Paxton and a multistate coalition of Attorneys General called on New York Attorney General Letitia James, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, and Special Prosecutor Jack Smith to end their unfounded prosecutions targeting President Donald Trump.

November 14, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures $83 Mil­lion Set­tle­ment for Texas, Hold­ing Kroger Account­able for Role in Opi­oid Epidemic

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an $83 million statewide opioid settlement with Kroger to resolve claims by the State of Texas and its Political Subdivisions for practices that contributed to the opioid epidemic in Texas.

November 14, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden-Har­ris DOJ to Pre­vent Destruc­tion of Jack Smith’s Records Detail­ing Law­fare Against Pres­i­dent Trump

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to prevent potential destruction of any records from Jack Smith’s corrupt investigation into President Donald Trump.

November 11, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Files 100th Law­suit Against Biden-Har­ris Administration

Attorney General Ken Paxton filed Texas’s 100th lawsuit against the Biden-Harris Administration, an historic milestone demonstrating the extent of the federal government’s abuses of power under the current leadership.

November 11, 2024 | Press Release