The record
A Timeline of Investigations, Allegations, Legal Proceedings, and Outcomes Involving Ken Paxton
Every entry links to its source: court records, official records or news reporting.
2013
2015
Paxton’s office lets Texas A&M keep lab-animal care records secret
Houston Chronicle ↗Grand jury indicts Paxton on felony securities charges
The Texas Tribune ↗Paxton is booked on the charges
The Texas Tribune ↗2016
Judge dismisses the SEC’s parallel civil case, allowing it to be refiled
The Texas Tribune ↗2017
Judge dismisses the amended SEC case with prejudice
The Texas Tribune ↗Prosecutor investigates a $100,000 gift to Paxton under bribery laws
The Texas Tribune ↗Gift investigation closed without charges
The Texas Tribune ↗2018
Paxton declines to defend the state ethics commission against a donor-linked group
The Texas Tribune ↗Paxton’s campaign accepts money from Paul Pressler after abuse allegations
Texas Ethics Commission record ↗Future trial presiding officer’s campaign lends Paxton’s campaign $125,000
Houston Chronicle ↗2020
Judge orders the criminal case back to Collin County
The Texas Tribune ↗Senior aides report Paxton to law enforcement
CBS Texas ↗Fired aides sue under the Texas Whistleblower Act
The Texas Tribune ↗FBI investigation of Paxton is reported
The Texas Tribune ↗Paxton sues four states over the 2020 presidential results
The Texas Tribune ↗Supreme Court refuses to hear the election suit
Court record ↗2021
Paxton’s office withholds his messages from the week of Jan. 6
The Texas Tribune / Houston Chronicle / Dallas Morning News ↗Paxton’s lawyer and his firm give to the judge holding Paxton’s sealed testimony
Texas Ethics Commission record ↗Court rules Paxton’s office cannot prosecute election cases on its own
Court record ↗2022
Paxton’s campaign accepts money from Nancy Pressler
Texas Ethics Commission record ↗Travis County DA finds Paxton violated the Public Information Act
The Texas Tribune ↗State Bar files a professional-misconduct suit against Paxton
The Texas Tribune ↗Court denies Paxton’s request to reconsider the Stephens ruling
The Texas Tribune ↗2023
Paxton agrees to a $3.3 million settlement and asks lawmakers to fund it
The Texas Tribune ↗House investigators present their findings in public
The Texas Tribune ↗Texas House impeaches Paxton
The Texas Tribune ↗Court of Criminal Appeals keeps the trial in Houston
The Texas Tribune ↗Pro-Paxton PAC gives the trial’s presiding officer $3 million
The Texas Tribune ↗Senate impeachment trial begins
The Texas Tribune ↗Senate acquits Paxton on all 16 articles tried
Texas Senate record ↗Senate dismisses the four remaining articles
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth ↗2024
Paxton stops contesting the facts
The Texas Tribune ↗Taxpayer-funded security trip coincides with a GOP fundraising retreat
Texas Observer ↗Paxton enters a pretrial agreement weeks before trial
The Texas Tribune ↗Appeals court lets the misconduct case proceed
KERA News ↗Paxton pays $11,300 in overdue ethics fines after reporters ask
The Texas Tribune ↗Paxton’s office searches the homes of Latino voting activists
NBC News ↗LULAC alleges voter intimidation
NBC News ↗Texas Supreme Court rules Paxton need not testify under oath
The Texas Tribune ↗Texas Supreme Court dismisses the parallel case against Paxton’s top deputy
The Texas Tribune ↗2025
Texas Supreme Court dismisses the State Bar case against Paxton
The Texas Tribune ↗Justice Department closes the federal case without charges
The Texas Tribune ↗Court rules the office violated the Whistleblower Act
The Texas Tribune ↗Paxton’s office brings vote-harvesting charges in Frio County
The Texas Tribune ↗Kalshi gives to the super PAC backing Paxton
Federal Election Commission record ↗Lawsuit alleges two top deputies were pushed out over sexual harassment
The Texas Tribune ↗Appeals court upholds block on Paxton’s Media Matters probe
Court record ↗Kalshi’s CEO gives to Paxton’s Senate campaign
Federal Election Commission record ↗Paxton sits out a 34-state effort to let states regulate Kalshi
Politico ↗Securities charges dismissed after Paxton completes the agreement
Bloomberg Law ↗Judge blocks Paxton’s rules for big-county district attorneys
Spectrum News ↗Texas Supreme Court rules the Jan. 6-week records need not be released
The Texas Tribune ↗Paxton drops his appeal; the judgment becomes final
The Texas Tribune ↗Nine more charged in the Frio County vote-harvesting case
The Texas Tribune ↗AP reports Paxton claimed three homes as his primary residence
Texas Public Radio ↗Appeals court denies Paxton’s bid to question the head of Catholic Charities
The Texas Tribune ↗Paxton asks the Texas Supreme Court to remove 13 House Democrats
The Texas Tribune ↗FEC flags about $658,000 in questionable donations
Federal Election Commission record ↗Judge bars Paxton from acting against Beto O’Rourke’s group
The Texas Tribune ↗Paxton sues to shut down a Latino voter-registration group
The Texas Tribune ↗Federal judge pauses the case against Jolt
The Texas Tribune ↗Paxton stays out of a 38-state brief in Kalshi’s Maryland case
Politico ↗Appeals court rules Paxton had no power to impose his DA rules
KERA News via Houston Public Media ↗2026