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Zach Despart

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Sep 5, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Zach Despart

    Ken Paxton’s financial disclosures appear to violate federal ethics law, experts say - Salon.com (opens the original)

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    This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have violated federal ethics law in significant ways when filing recent disclosures of his assets and liabilities, creating confusion about his net worth and holdings, a review by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found. Among them: Paxton, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, reported owning seven homes but said he earned no income from any. Yet all but one was listed for rent during the reporting per

  2. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Zach Despart, Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune, and Alexandra Glorioso

    Ken Paxton’s Financial Disclosures Appear to Violate Federal Ethics Law, Experts Say (opens the original)

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    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have violated federal ethics law in significant ways when filing recent disclosures of his assets and liabilities, creating confusion about his net worth and holdings, a review by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found. Among them: Paxton, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, reported owning seven homes but said he earned no income from any. Yet all but one was listed for rent during the reporting periods, and some current residents and neighbors a

  3. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Zach Despart, Kayla Guo, Alexandra Glorioso

    Ken Paxton’s financial disclosures appear to violate ethics law - The Texas Tribune (opens the original)

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    Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have violated federal ethics law in significant ways when filing recent disclosures of his assets and li

  4. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Texas Tribune, By Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune And Propublica, Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune, And Alexandra Glorioso, The Texas Tribune And Propubli

    Ken Paxton omits rental income and mortgages from financial disclosures, obscuring his wealth (opens the original)

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    By Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune And Propublica, Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune, And Alexandra Glorioso, The Texas Tribune And Propublica Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Texas Attor

  5. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Zach Despart

    Ken Paxton has long crusaded against voter fraud. His Senate rival now accuses him of committing it. - Salon.com (opens the original)

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    This article originally appeared on The Texas Tribune. The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas is trying to turn a key talking point of his Republican opponent against him — alleging Attorney General Ken Paxton is guilty of the same type of voter fraud he has spent years trying to eliminate. “As our state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton has gone on a voter fraud witch hunt,” state Rep. James Talarico, who is challenging Paxton in the race to replace U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, said during a

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