The Office of the Attorney General’s (“OAG”) Civil Medicaid Fraud Division settled an enforcement action brought under the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act (“TMFPA”) against pharmaceutical drug manufacturers Shire PLC, Baxter International Inc., Baxalta Inc., Viropharma Inc., Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., and Takeda Pharmaceuticals America. The settlement resolves allegations that the drug manufacturers violated the TMFPA by providing, directly or indirectly, nursing and reimbursement services to Texas Medicaid providers for certain pharmaceutical drugs, as well […]
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AG Paxton Successfully Prosecutes Woman Who Pleads Guilty to 26 Felony Counts of Voter Fraud
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his office’s latest election integrity prosecution in Victoria County. Monica Mendez of Port Lavaca pleaded guilty to 26 felony counts of voter fraud, including three counts of illegal voting, eight counts of election fraud, seven counts of assisting a voter to submit a ballot by mail, and eight counts of unlawful possession of a mail ballot. Mendez ran a vote-harvesting operation on behalf of a subsidized housing corporation in […]
Paxton Asks Court to Immediately Halt Implementation of Biden’s New Open-Borders ‘Asylum’ Rule
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion for preliminary injunction today to stop the implementation of the Department of Homeland Security’s new Rule unlawfully altering asylum and parole procedures at the border. The motion follows on AG Paxton’s original complaint first filed last month. Biden’s new Rule exacerbates loopholes in the illegal-alien removal process, prioritizes alleged efficiency over national security and costly impacts to Texas, and ignores common-sense solutions and effective border-security policies. If […]
AG Paxton Applauds European Investigation into Big Tech as Texas Leads the Way
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading the way in the antitrust investigation of Big Tech, including the “Jedi Blue” online advertising agreement between Google and Facebook (a/k/a Meta). Just this month, the EU and U.K.’s watchdog groups announced that they have joined the fight to protect the free online marketplace that Big Tech has repeatedly threatened. Both the European Commission and the Competition and Markets Authority launched investigations into Google and Facebook concerning the […]
Paxton Asks DirecTV to Renew Contract with One America News Network
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a joint letter to DirecTV after it announced its plan to not renew its contract with One American News Network (OAN). DirecTV’s decision is clearly viewpoint discrimination and an attempt to silence conservative voices. The accusations from leftists against OAN are unfounded, and OAN is simply representing a different perspective from the media’s liberal viewpoints. Read the full letter here.
Paxton Files Lawsuit Against Biden Administration in Defense of the Safety and Wellbeing of Texas Children
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an amended lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding new guidance that empowers the federal government to withhold federal funding from state entities that do not adhere to their misinterpretation of the Affordable Care Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Specifically, the guidance states that doctors, medical providers, and other related medical staff who report “sex change” procedures and the administration […]
AG Paxton Supports Amicus Against Health and Human Services for Encouraging and Covering Abortions Illegally Using State Funding
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate amicus brief supporting Ohio in its Title X appeal against the Biden Administration, which encourages and funds abortions through the use of state funds. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is illegally allowing funds that Congress appropriated under Title X to be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning and where grant recipients make referrals for elective abortions. “The Biden […]
AG Paxton Sues City of Denton Over Unlawful Mask Mandate
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the City of Denton after it refused to pull down its unlawful mask mandate in response to a notice letter from the Attorney General’s Office. The mandate violates Gov. Abbott’s Executive Order GA-38, which prohibits governmental entities from forcing any person to wear a mask. “No one is above the law. No one,” Attorney General Paxton said. “This sheepish attempt at defiance will be handled swiftly. The only ones who […]
AG Paxton Announces Verdict Reached in Hunt County Human Trafficking Case
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the jury has reached a verdict in a human trafficking case against Jeffrey Barret in Greenville, Texas. The Hunt County jury found Barret guilty of abusing his 3 adopted children after he subjected them to continuous abuse through isolation and coercion, making the children work at his puppy mill for years while they were not allowed to attend school. Jeffrey Barret was sentenced to life in prison and a $10,000 fine, which is the maximum sentence for this offense. The jury reached their verdict after 25 minutes of deliberations. The Texas Department of Public Safety investigated the case, together with the […]
AG Paxton Demands Resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined multiple state attorneys general in sending a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting his resignation. Secretary Mayorkas has openly boasted about his lack of response to the ongoing crisis at the southwest border, including his refusal to enforce congressionally-enacted laws designed to keep border states safe. “It is time to put politics aside, and do what is right and lawful for the livelihoods of the American people,” […]