Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Win At Texas Supreme Court, Shut­ting Down Attempt to Derail Court-Ordered Exe­cu­tion of Con­vict­ed Child Murderer

Attorney General Ken Paxton successfully stopped an attempt by activists and a handful of State legislators to create a precedent allowing for a legislative committee to delay an execution, settling a critical Constitutional question and ensuring justice for the two-year-old murder victim in the 2002 case.

November 18, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton and Oth­er State AGs Demand For­mal End To Base­less Pros­e­cu­tions Tar­get­ing Pres­i­dent Trump By New York AG Leti­tia James, Ful­ton Coun­ty DA Fani Willis, and DOJ’s Jack Smith

Attorney General Ken Paxton and a multistate coalition of Attorneys General called on New York Attorney General Letitia James, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, and Special Prosecutor Jack Smith to end their unfounded prosecutions targeting President Donald Trump.

November 14, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures $83 Mil­lion Set­tle­ment for Texas, Hold­ing Kroger Account­able for Role in Opi­oid Epidemic

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an $83 million statewide opioid settlement with Kroger to resolve claims by the State of Texas and its Political Subdivisions for practices that contributed to the opioid epidemic in Texas.

November 14, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden-Har­ris DOJ to Pre­vent Destruc­tion of Jack Smith’s Records Detail­ing Law­fare Against Pres­i­dent Trump

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to prevent potential destruction of any records from Jack Smith’s corrupt investigation into President Donald Trump.

November 11, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Files 100th Law­suit Against Biden-Har­ris Administration

Attorney General Ken Paxton filed Texas’s 100th lawsuit against the Biden-Harris Administration, an historic milestone demonstrating the extent of the federal government’s abuses of power under the current leadership.

November 11, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Anoth­er Dal­las Doc­tor for Pre­scrib­ing Ille­gal Gen­der Tran­si­tion” Drugs to More than a Dozen Texas Minors

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a second North Texas doctor for illegally providing “gender transition” drugs to more than a dozen children. 

November 08, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Wins Major Vic­to­ry, Block­ing Biden-Har­ris Administration’s Unlaw­ful Parole in Place” Policy

Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a final judgment permanently blocking the Biden-Harris Administration’s unlawful “parole in place” policy that would have provided a path to citizenship for over a million illegal aliens who have not satisfied the clear requirements set by Congress.

November 08, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Major Vic­to­ry Pre­vent­ing Biden-Har­ris Admin­is­tra­tion From Unlaw­ful­ly Send­ing DOJ Per­son­nel Inside Texas Elec­tion Locations

The U.S. Department of Justice agreed last night not to enter Texas polling and central count locations or otherwise interfere with the administration of Texas elections just hours after Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the DOJ over its announcement that it would send federal agents to monitor Texas elections.

November 05, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden-Har­ris Admin­is­tra­tion for Unlaw­ful­ly Using DOJ Per­son­nel to Tar­get Texas Elections

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden-Harris Administration and the U.S. Department of Justice for dispatching federal agents to “monitor” Texas elections without any legal authority and in violation of State law.

November 04, 2024 | Press Release