Less than a year into his first term, Paxton was charged with felony securities fraud. The Justice Department is currently investigating bribery allegations against him as a Texas House committee conducts its own probe into his behavior.
Such efforts haven’t always been successful but have led to long legal battles, including some that have gone as far as the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2021, the high court tossed a lawsuit against the ACA from Texas and other states. Federal courts paused new DACA applications while a lower court reviewed the Texas-based lawsuit against the program, a move thatPaxton has also pursued cases against illegal voting in the state.
In May 2023, he launched inquiries into Texas hospitals over how they provide transition-related care to transgender minors. Those probes came before Texas lawmakers passed a bill to formally ban such care for transgender kids.has continued to win over voters. In 2018, three years after he was charged with felony securities fraud, he faced no Republican primary challenger in his first reelection bid.
Four years later, amid accusations of bribery and retaliation, he faced challengers for the Republican nomination, including then-Land Commissioner
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