Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces accusations of corruption and partisanship.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton dismissed the findings of the Texas House General Investigating Committee as false testimony from "highly partisan Democrat lawyers." However, an examination of the investigators' employment history, voting records, and campaign donations found no basis for Paxton's claim. Most of the attorneys had ties to both political parties, though there were overall deeper connections to Republicans. The committee launched its investigation after Paxton and his agency agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle a lawsuit by four of his former deputies who claimed they were improperly fired after telling investigators they believed Paxton had accepted bribes and engaged in other misconduct.