Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton | |
|---|---|
| 51st Attorney General of Texas | |
| Assumed office January 5, 2015 | |
| Governor | Greg Abbott |
| Preceded by | Greg Abbott |
| Member of the Texas Senate from the 8th district | |
| In office January 8, 2013 – January 4, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Florence Shapiro |
| Succeeded by | Van Taylor |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 70th district | |
| In office January 14, 2003 – January 8, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | David Counts |
| Succeeded by | Scott Sanford |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. December 23, 1962 Minot, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Angela Paxton |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Baylor University (BA, MBA) University of Virginia (JD) |
Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr.[1] (born December 23, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician. He is the Attorney General of Texas since January 2015. He was Texas State Senator for the 8th district and the Texas State Representative for the 70th district.
Paxton has been under indictment since 2015 on state securities fraud charges. He has pleaded not guilty. In October 2020, many public officials accused him of bribery.[2][3]
After Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election and Donald Trump did not accept losing while making false claims of election fraud, Paxton help Trump in his efforts to overturn the result. He filled the unsuccessful Texas v. Pennsylvania case in the Supreme Court. He spoke at the rally Trump held on January 6, 2021, that happened shortly before the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[4][5]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Mr. Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr". State Bar of Texas. Archived from the original on October 4, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
- ↑ Platoff, Emma (2020-10-06). "As Ken Paxton faces criminal allegations, an agency at war with itself must carry on the state's business". The Texas Tribune. Archived from the original on October 7, 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
- ↑ AP Sources: FBI is investigating Texas attorney general Archived November 21, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, Associated Press
- ↑ Trump thought courts were key to winning. Judges disagreed, Associated Press, Coleen Long and Ed White, December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
- ↑ Tedesco, John. "Ken Paxton refuses to release emails, texts sent at Trump rally that devolved into U.S. Capitol riot". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2021-07-12.