AG Pax­ton: Fifth Cir­cuit Halts Dis­trict Court’s Unlaw­ful Order Requir­ing Straight-Tick­et Voting

Attorney General Ken Paxton gave a statement after the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed a district court’s order that required straight-ticket voting in Texas, contrary to Texas law.

September 30, 2020 | Press Release

AG Paxton’s Request for Emer­gency Stay Grant­ed in the Fifth Circuit

Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following statement today following the grant of an administrative stay by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

September 28, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Seeks Stay After Fed­er­al Judge Revers­es Course and Orders Straight-Tick­et Voting

 Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following statement today after U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo blocked Texas’ law to eliminate straight-ticket voting after dismissing a previous lawsuit raising nearly identical claims.

September 26, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Releas­es State­ment on U.S. Supreme Court Nom­i­nee Amy Coney Barrett

Attorney General Ken Paxton today released the following statement regarding President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States.

September 26, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Sues Pre­cious Met­als IRA and Bul­lion Coin Scheme that Defraud­ed Senior Investors of Over $185 Million

Attorney General Ken Paxton and the Texas State Securities Board joined the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and 29 other states to prevent Metals.com, Chase Metal, Barrick Capital, and others from continuing to defraud elderly people across the United States by convincing them to convert their retirement savings into precious metals.

September 25, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Announces Joint Pros­e­cu­tion of Gregg Coun­ty Orga­nized Elec­tion Fraud in Mail-In Bal­lot­ing Scheme

Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that authorities arrested Gregg County Commissioner Shannon Brown, Marlena Jackson, Charlie Burns, and DeWayne Ward on charges in connection with an organized vote harvesting scheme during the 2018 Democratic primary election.

September 24, 2020 | Press Release