He doesn’t have enough campaign cash to pay the $3.3 Million dollar settlement from the whistleblower lawsuit.
Over the last two years impeached Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton raised over $14 Million, spent about $12 million and has just over $2 Million remaining. He recently settled a whistleblower lawsuit against him for retaliation against four attorneys after they contacted the FBI over allegations of illegal activity.
Needless to say Paxton doesn’t have $3.3 million to pay his debt so he asked the Texas Legislature to pay it which started an internal investigation and ended in his impeachment. It’s almost funny. Almost.
$11.3 Million of his $14 Million haul came from individuals/PACs who donated more than $10,000, or about 80%. His largest donor is the extreme far right PAC created by the two billionaires featured on CNN, Defend Texas Liberty PAC for $1,300,000. Even Jerry Jones contributed to Paxton with a $200,000 donation as well as local billionaire Tillman Fertitta for $40,000. His top donors are listed below.
Paxton also has a debt in the form of loans to Defend Texas Liberty PAC for $750,000 and someone in California for $480,000. So he has enough in his campaign account to repay his loans but will not have enough to pay his lawsuit settlement.
| Defend Texas Liberty PAC | $1,300,000.00 | PAC |
| Republican Attorney General Association | $500,000.00 | PAC |
| Simon Hodson | $480,000.00 | Energy |
| Douglas Scharbaeur | $450,000.00 | Oil/Cattle |
| Kenny Troutt | $400,000.00 | Investment firm |
| Javaid Anwar | $375,000.00 | Oil and Gas |
| Michael Porter | $275,000.00 | Doctor |
| THRC Holdings | $250,000.00 | Investment firm |
| Montgomery Bennett | $200,000.00 | Hotel and Resorts |
| Jerry Jones | $200,000.00 | Dallas Cowboys |
| Holly Frost | $200,000.00 | Texas Memory Systems |
| Dan and Farris Wilks | $150,000.00 | Oil and Gas |
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