# texas attorney general ken paxton

AG Paxton Launches Investigation Against Twitter for Potentially Deceiving Texas Consumers, Texas Businesses Over Fake Bot Accounts » Today Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation against Twitter for potentially false reporting over its fake bot accounts in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.  Texasattorneygeneral.gov

Paxton Files Environmental Case Lawsuit Announces Expected $3.35 Million Settlement » Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice, named E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. and Performance Materials, NA, Inc., in an environmental lawsuit filed on October 13th in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Texasattorneygeneral.gov

AG Paxton Announces $575 Million Settlement with Wells Fargo for Violating Consumer Protection Laws » AUSTIN– Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that Wells Fargo Bank N.A. will pay $575 million to resolve claims that the bank violated consumer protection laws in Texas, 49 other states and the District of Columbia through alleged unfair and deceptive trade practices. Texas’ share of the settlement is approximately $47 million. The agreement represents the most significant engagement involving a national bank by state attorneys general acting without a federal law enforcement partner. Texasattorneygeneral.gov

Ken Paxton refuses to release messages about attendance at pro-Trump rally before Jan. 6 insurrection » The Texas Tribune joined several other news organizations in an effort to obtain copies of emails and text messages that the Texas attorney general sent or received while in Washington for the rally. Texastribune.org

Who is Nate Paul, the real estate investor linked to abuse-of-office allegations against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton? » Earlier in his career, media reports called the now 33-year-old real estate investor a “wunderkind,” a “rising star” and a “prodigy.” Now he’s fighting more than a dozen bankruptcies and has been linked to criminal allegations against an embattled Texas politician. Texastribune.org

Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general, impeached by state House of Representatives » Ken Paxton will be immediately suspended pending a Senate trial. Cbsnews.com

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was indicted 5 years ago. He still hasn't gone to trial. » Read our timeline covering delays and side battles in the long-running securities fraud case against Paxton. Texastribune.org

“Operation Deep Sea”: How Nate Paul pulled the strings in the attorney general’s office to investigate his enemies » Paul personally chose targets and drafted language for subpoenas issued by Brandon Cammack, an outside lawyer hired by Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton hired Cammack to investigate his friend’s complaints after his own deputies advised him against it. Texastribune.org

Judge says Texas woman may abort fetus with lethal abnormality » Kate Cox, 31, at 20 weeks pregnant, has learned her fetus has a lethal abnormality that is almost always fatal at birth. Texastribune.org