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Records show Ken Paxton took nearly 1,000 trips costing $3.3 million
Original: NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million
New reporting by ProPublica finds Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, with $3.3 million in security costs billed to taxpayers. The investigation could tie only 138 of those trips, and $553,000 of the security spending, to official state business, raising questions about how much of the travel was personal and how it was justified.
Why now: The finding that the vast majority of travel could not be linked to state business is drawing attention to potential misuse of public funds by a senior state official.
Ken PaxtonTexas Attorney General's OfficeProPublica
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- NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business. https://www. propublica.org/article/ken-pax… · ProPublica@newsie.social · 48
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