Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released a statement today denying accusations against him of bribery, abuse of office and more that surfaced over the weekend after the Austin American-Statesman reported that seven of Paxton’s senior OAG employees had asked authorities to investigate Paxton. “The Texas attorney general’s office was referred a case from Travis County regarding allegations of crimes relating to the FBI, other government agencies and individuals,” Paxton said in a statement this afternoon (Monday, Oct.
5). “My obligation as attorney general is to conduct an investigation upon such referral. Because employees from my office impeded the investigation and because I knew Nate Paul, I ultimately