Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office is under scrutiny after agency employees reallocated taxpayer-funded hotel rooms to donors and other private citizens, some of whom failed to cover the cost of the stay until the state comptroller began auditing the agency’s finances earlier this year.
Two senior officials involved in the incident resigned soon after it was brought to agency leadership’s attention.
Paxton, who is in a contentious runoff for the GOP Senate nomination against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, was impeached in 2023 over allegations that involved improper relationships with a donor.
