In a statement, Attorney General Ken Paxton says the prosecutors pursuing a felony fraud indictment against him are inexperienced and politically motivated.
Patrick Svitek
Patrick Svitek was the primary political correspondent for The Texas Tribune. Patrick covered elections, state leaders, the Legislature and political trends across the state from 2015 until 2024. He previously worked for the Houston Chronicle's Austin bureau. Patrick graduated in 2014 from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He is originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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Prosecutors Developing Criminal Case Against Attorney General Paxton
Ken Paxton’s legal troubles — stemming for his admission last year that he violated state securities law — may be getting more serious. A special prosecutor says he plans to start presenting evidence in less than a month seeking to indict the attorney general for first-degree felony securities fraud.
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Second Super PAC Backing Perry in Presidential Race
A second super PAC is now supporting Rick Perry’s campaign for the White House. The new group, called Opportunity and Freedom I, joins the Opportunity and Freedom PAC in an effort to boost the former governor’s presidential bid.
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Texas Primary Voters to Get More Say in 2016 Than Planned
The Texas Democratic and Republican parties are finalizing plans to allocate all their national convention delegates on presidential primary day in 2016. For the Democrats, it’s a break from tradition, and for the Republicans, it’s a return to normal.
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7 Things We Learned From Cruz’s New Book
His father’s youthful misguided allegiance to Fidel Castro, the overdose death of a half-sister and blunt observations on Congress and fellow Republicans are all contained between the covers of a memoir released as Ted Cruz runs for president.
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Cruz: Texas Primary is Important, but Campaign is National
As expectations rise for Ted Cruz’s presidential bid in his home state, the Republican senator says the Texas primary is important to him — but that his campaign is already looking far beyond it.
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Cruz, Rove Spar Over Bush Endorsement in AG’s Race
Ted Cruz is digging in his heels in an increasingly bitter spat with Karl Rove, a longtime adviser to Texas’ most famous family in politics — a family now fielding former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush against Cruz in the 2016 presidential race.
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Supreme Court Rulings Give Cruz Fresh Ammo for Favorite Targets
As he redoubles his anti-Washington crusade on the presidential campaign trail, Ted Cruz is receiving an assist from an unlikely source: the high court he used to argue before.
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Cruz: Clerks “Absolutely” Should Be Able to Opt Out of Gay Marriage Licenses
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Saturday said county clerks in Texas should “absolutely” be able to opt out of issuing same-sex marriage licenses if they have religious objections.
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Texans on Campaign Trail, in Washington React to Gay Marriage Ruling
Texas politicians on the Potomac and on the presidential trail reacted along anticipated partisan lines to Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing gay marriage.
