{"id":1937227,"date":"2023-05-24T18:21:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T22:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-accused-of-breaking-multiple-state-laws-in-texas-house-inquiry\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T18:23:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T22:23:47","slug":"ken-paxton-accused-of-breaking-multiple-state-laws-in-texas-house-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-accused-of-breaking-multiple-state-laws-in-texas-house-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Paxton accused of violating Texas state laws in House inquiry."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fken-paxton-accused-of-breaking-multiple-state-laws-in-texas-house-inquiry%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1937227&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Texas Investigators Detail Findings in Ken Paxton Investigation<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Four investigators gave their testimony to the Committee on General Investigating Committee during a hearing on Wednesday as a result of a secret investigation into Paxton over his actions of attempting to get the Texas legislature to use $3.3 million in state funds to settle the claims from former staffers who accused him of corruption in 2020. Paxton has called the testimony \u201cfalse.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of Texas, has been accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-received-a-paycheck-for-15-years-despite-never-showing-up-for-work-authorities-say\/\" title=\"Man Received A Paycheck For 15 Years Despite Never Showing Up For Work, Authorities Say\">multiple crimes<\/a>, including felonies, such as illegal conduct by abusing his office powers through bribery, improper influence, and creating a culture of fear and retaliation, according to the Associated Press. In 2020, eight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bidens-education-department-has-closer-ties-to-crt-group-than-they-admit\/\" title=\"REPORT: Biden\u2019s Education Department Has Closer Ties To CRT Group Than They Admit\">high-ranking officials<\/a> from Paxton&#8217;s office accused the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue \"Substantial Allegations\" of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a> of abusing his position and doing political favors for his friend, real estate investor Nate Paul, who had donated $25,000 to Paxton&#8217;s campaign in 2018, according to CBS. Paxton agreed to apologize and pay $3.3 million to the whistleblowers in a settlement in February 2023, but he has yet to make any payments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is alarming and very serious having this discussion when millions of taxpayer dollars have been asked to remedy what is alleged to be some wrongs,\u201d committee Chairman Andrew Murr, a Republican, said, per the Texas Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>The revelations came after Paxton demanded on Tuesday the resignation of House Speaker Dade Phelan, accusing Phelan of being intoxicated on the job last week. A video spread on social media of Phelan slurring his words, leading to Paxton releasing a statement, \u201cTexans were dismayed to witness his performance presiding over the Texas House in a state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ag-ken-paxton-calls-on-texas-house-speaker-to-resign-over-slurring-episode-stymying-election-integrity-bills\/\" title=\"Paxton urges Texas House Speaker to step down after slurring incident and blocking election integrity bills.\">apparent debilitating intoxication<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paxton is part of an FBI investigation looking into allegations from Paxton\u2019s top deputies of bribery to help a campaign worker who employed a woman he was allegedly having an affair with. The FBI took over the investigation this year from prosecutors with the U.S. attorney\u2019s office that led the inquiry since October 2020. Paxton was also indicted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-accused-of-breaking-multiple-state-laws-in-texas-house-inquiry\/\" title=\"Ken Paxton accused of violating Texas state laws in House inquiry.\">felony securities fraud charges<\/a> in 2015 for driving stock investments without disclosing that he was paid for his acts.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Next?<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The committee, which is led by Murr, has yet to announce what actions it will take as a result of the investigation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Washington Examiner reached out to Paxton&#8217;s office for comment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a><\/b> investigators have detailed their findings from a monthslong investigation into Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/paxton-texas-speakers-resignation-intoxicated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Paxton<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Paxton has been accused of multiple crimes, including felonies, such as illegal conduct by abusing his office powers through bribery, improper influence, and creating a culture of fear and retaliation.<\/li>\n<li>The revelations came after Paxton demanded on Tuesday the resignation of House Speaker Dade Phelan, accusing Phelan of being intoxicated on the job last week.<\/li>\n<li>Paxton is part of an FBI investigation looking into allegations from Paxton\u2019s top deputies of bribery to help a campaign worker who employed a woman he was allegedly having an affair with.<\/li>\n<li>The committee, which is led by Murr, has yet to announce what actions it will take as a result of the investigation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/biden-student-loans-cancellation-in-limbo\">BIDEN&#8217;S OTHER CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS: STUDENT LOANS CANCELLATION IN LIMBO<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was investigated for his actions of trying to overturn the US presidential election. Four investigators presented their findings to the Republican-led state House during a hearing on Wednesday. The investigation lasted for several months and was conducted in secret. The Committee on General Investigating Committee heard the testimony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1937228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4029,3653,8271,12953,7750,18466,3694,9704],"class_list":["post-1937227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-accused","tag-house","tag-inquiry","tag-ken","tag-laws","tag-paxton","tag-texas","tag-violating"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1937227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1937228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1937227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1937227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}