{"id":1960335,"date":"2023-06-29T13:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T17:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-impeachment-investigation-expands-into-attorney-generals-real-estate-spending\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T13:21:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T17:21:22","slug":"ken-paxton-impeachment-investigation-expands-into-attorney-generals-real-estate-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-impeachment-investigation-expands-into-attorney-generals-real-estate-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Paxton impeachment investigation expands into attorney general&#8217;s real estate spending"},"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-impeachment-investigation-expands-into-attorney-generals-real-estate-spending%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=1960335&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>Prosecutors Expand Investigation into Texas Attorney General&#8217;s Real Estate Dealings<\/h2>\n<p>Prosecutors in the impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have recently broadened their investigation into his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-buyers-spent-a-record-6-1b-on-u-s-real-estate-in-2021\/\" title=\"Chinese Buyers Spent a Record .1B on U.S. Real Estate in 2021\">real estate transactions<\/a>. The Wall Street Journal has revealed that the focus of their scrutiny is $3.5 million worth of properties purchased by Paxton and his family after he became the subject of a federal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>These properties, acquired between July 2021 and April 2022, include residences located in Oklahoma, Hawaii, Utah, and Florida. What has raised suspicions among investigators is the significant amount spent on these properties, considering Paxton&#8217;s annual salary of $153,750 and his wife&#8217;s income of $7,200 as a state senator.<\/p>\n<h3>Denial of Wrongdoing<\/h3>\n<p>Paxton&#8217;s attorneys vehemently deny any wrongdoing, asserting that he simply utilized his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-in-joe-bidens-build-back-better-act\/\" title=\"What\u2019s In Joe Biden\u2019s \u2018Build Back Better\u2019 Act?\">long-term savings<\/a> for these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-local-financial-shortfall-to-reach-6-trillion-yuan-as-housing-market-plunges\/\" title=\"China\u2019s Local Financial Shortfall to Reach 6 Trillion Yuan As Housing Market Plunges\">real estate investments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cGeneral Paxton decided to direct much of his long-term savings from a brokerage account to real estate,\u201d stated Tony Buzbee, Paxton&#8217;s attorney in the impeachment trial. \u201cHe did so at a time with low interest rates, believing it was a better long-term investment to provide for his family. There is nothing more to it than that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is important to note that Paxton&#8217;s impeachment is currently unrelated to his private wealth. The attorney general is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-impeachment-investigation-expands-into-attorney-generals-real-estate-spending\/\" title=\"Ken Paxton's impeachment probe broadens to include scrutiny of his real estate expenditures.\">facing impeachment charges related<\/a> to allegations of bribery, obstruction of justice, and misappropriation of public resources. These accusations primarily stem from whistleblower claims regarding misconduct in an investigation involving a close friend and political donor of Paxton&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>The evidence presented to the Texas House was deemed sufficient for impeachment by 121 state representatives, nearly half of whom were Republicans. Paxton&#8217;s trial will take place in the state Senate.<\/p>\n<p>However, if investigators uncover any potential wrongdoing in relation to the purchase of his residences, additional charges could be brought against Paxton. These new discoveries may also serve as evidence to support the existing bribery charges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors in the impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have expanded their investigation into his real estate dealings. The dealings under scrutiny are $3.5 million worth of properties purchased by Paxton and his family after he came under federal investigation, the Wall Street Journal revealed. Purchased from July 2021 to April 2022, the properties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1960336,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1960335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1960335","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=1960335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1960336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}