Ken Paxton

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Beleaguered Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who attended the pro-Donald Trump rally that preceded the U.S. Capitol siege, issued civil investigative demands to Twitter after the company banned the former president from its platform.

Texas sued to block the ban on Biden's third day in office. Federal Judge Drew Tipton had already temporarily paused it twice prior to Tuesday night's order.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s failed lawsuit seeking to throw out election results in other states came originally from lawyers close to the campaign of former President Donald Trump, according to a report in the New York Times.

The judge issued a 14-day temporary restraining order Tuesday in a challenge filed by Texas. The ruling said Texas might "suffer imminent and irreparable harm" from a moratorium.

Sen. Ted Cruz and other prominent Texas GOP politicians have been at the forefront of conspiracy theories and court cases around the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Planned Parenthood is bracing for another legislative session where Texas Republicans have declared ending safe and legal abortion as the top priority.And Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the target of an FBI investigation — but this isn’t the first time the Republican politician has been in legal hot water.

Host David Martin Davies discusses the Texas lawsuit to overturn the presidential election with Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. Texas State Rep. Kyle Biedermann of Fredericksburg wants secession. Journalist Casey Michel on the Kremlin's connection to Texas secession

The suit, viewed by election experts as a baseless Hail Mary attempt to get the justices to invalidate Joe Biden's victory, has little to no chance of success.

Ryan Vassar, who had served as the deputy attorney general for legal counsel, was one of eight senior aides who told authorities they believed Paxton was breaking the law — a report that has sparked an FBI investigation.