Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Scores Unan­i­mous Win at Supreme Court, Keep­ing Con­vict­ed Child Sex­u­al Abuser Behind Bars

Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a unanimous decision from the Supreme Court of the United States, upholding the rule of law and ensuring that convicted child sexual abuser Danny Rivers will remain in prison.

June 13, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Takes Legal Action Against 23andMe to Pro­tect Tex­ans’ Rights to Their Genet­ic Information

Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit in the ongoing 23andMe bankruptcy case to obtain a judgment confirming Texans’ right to their genetic data and requiring 23andMe to comply with Texas’s data privacy laws.

June 12, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sends Let­ter to the Depart­ment of Jus­tice and FBI to Con­tin­ue Work­ing Togeth­er to Fight Anti­se­mit­ic Terrorism

Attorney General Ken Paxton and a coalition of attorneys general sent a multistate letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to continue working together with federal law enforcement to combat the rise in antisemitic terrorism.  

June 11, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Slams Rad­i­cal Left-Wing Activists for Base­less, Polit­i­cal­ly Moti­vat­ed Bar Com­plaint Against U.S. Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pam Bondi

Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent a letter to the State Bar of Florida urging it to reject the baseless, politically motivated bar complaints lodged by radical left-wing activists against United States Attorney General Pam Bondi.

June 09, 2025 | Press Release

Supreme Court Toss­es Suit by Mex­i­co Tar­get­ing Amer­i­can Firearms Com­pa­nies, Sid­ing with Ami­cus Brief Joined by Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Paxton

The Supreme Court of the United States unanimously agreed with a multistate amicus brief joined by Attorney General Ken Paxton, dismissing a lawsuit by Mexico targeting American firearms manufacturers.

June 09, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Paxton’s Fugi­tive Unit Rounds Up More than Forty Crim­i­nals in West Texas Operation

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a successful fugitive apprehension operation in West Texas, resulting in the arrest of 44 individuals in the Lubbock and Abilene area.

June 06, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Suc­cess­ful­ly Strikes Down Uncon­sti­tu­tion­al Law that Gave In-State Tuition to Ille­gal Aliens

After filing a joint motion with the U.S. Department of Justice in federal court, Attorney General Ken Paxton successfully stopped a law that unconstitutionally provided in-state tuition to illegal aliens.

June 04, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Prison Sen­tence for For­mer Texas State Troop­er Con­vict­ed of Child Sex­u­al Abuse

Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a prison sentence of 14 years for Andrew Smith, a former Texas State Trooper, for Indecency with a Child.

June 02, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Major Vic­to­ry Against Bor­der NGO Alleged­ly Har­bor­ing Ille­gal Aliens

Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a major victory at the Supreme Court of Texas, enabling a lawsuit against Annunciation House, a nongovernmental organization (“NGO”) accused of unlawfully harboring illegal aliens, to proceed forward.

May 30, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Urges Texas House to Pass Leg­is­la­tion to Ensure the Pros­e­cu­tion of Vot­er Fraud and Uphold Elec­tion Integrity

Attorney General Ken Paxton called on the Texas House of Representatives to pass strong election integrity legislation that would restore the Office of the Attorney General’s (“OAG”) ability to prosecute voter fraud when local officials refuse to do so.

May 28, 2025 | Press Release