Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a second investigation on Thursday, this time focusing on whether a George Soros-backed Political Action Committee (PAC) provided financial support to state Democrats who fled Texas to block redistricting efforts.
The investigation was launched the same day Paxton opened a separate probe into whether Beto O’Rourke’s Powered by People PAC violated the law by allegedly funding the group of Democratic lawmakers who left the state over the weekend to prevent Republicans from securing a quorum to advance new congressional maps.
The second probe focuses on the Soros-funded Texas Majority PAC, which Paxton accuses of potentially bribing Democratic legislators and engaging in unlawful fundraising coordination. The PAC was founded by former staffers from O’Rourke’s previous campaigns.
“If Texas lawmakers are bowing to the Soros Slush Fund rather than the will of the voters, Texans deserve to know,” Paxton said in a statement, per Just the News. “Getting financial payouts under the table to abandon your legislative duties is bribery. Texas Majority PAC’s actions seem to indicate that it may be using its Soros-funded resources to break the law and fund the illegal abandonment of public office. If that’s the case as determined by this investigation, there will be a heavy price to pay.”
Republicans in the Texas House attempted to reach a quorum on Monday and Tuesday to move forward with the redistricting maps but were unsuccessful without the presence of Democratic lawmakers. A third attempt is expected on Friday.
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