Posted on 12/08/2025 4:23:39 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wants the records in his divorce case to remain private.
In a court filing earlier this week, Paxton’s lawyer argued that the case records should remain sealed because the media organizations arguing for their release want to “invade and publicize the most sensitive aspects of the Paxtons’ marital and private lives.” He added state law also does not require the records to be made public, calling the attempt to access them an “unprecedentedly broad and intrusive request.”
Paxton’s wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, declined to comment for this story.
Angela Paxton filed for divorce in July, accusing her husband of adultery. Soon after, she requested all records in the case be placed under seal, arguing that doing so would “not have an adverse affect on the public health or safety.”
The judge presiding at the time, Ray Wheless, agreed and made all the case records private, including those that had already been released. Wheless later recused himself from the case. While he did not give a reason why, he has longtime ties to the Paxtons and has made contributions to the attorney general’s campaign.
A group of eight media organizations in September requested the decision to seal be reversed.
The media organizations argued that both the attorney general and his wife are elected officials subject to public scrutiny, and noted that Paxton has been accused of impropriety multiple times while in elected office, including fraud, abuse of office and self-dealing. He was impeached in 2023 but beat the charges.
Details of the couple’s assets, which were scrutinized during the impeachment process, will be a subject of the divorce case.
Paxton, a conservative Christian, has not publicly addressed the infidelity allegations and attributed the divorce to the work of political enemies.
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Exodus 20:17 King James version.
“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.”
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It's good that you've never sinned. Not one sin at all.
I’m not running for public office - let alone the same year as this scandal unfolds, let alone the same year as putting the Ten Commandments in every classroom.
He should do the honorable thing and remove himself from the running after his time in AG is up.
You should do the honorable thing and stop posting about other people’s sins if you have sinned.
This is how the left kneecapped the competition and foisted Senator Obama upon us in Illinois.
*** False accusations in no-fault divorce states are often made to sway for additional alimony and custody issues. There is often no avenues for rebuttal. ***
Unless the law has changed, Texas doesn’t have alimony, only child support. It does have temporary alimony which can be sought while the divorce suit is ongoing.
I don’t care about his divorce records. I am not married to him. He would be no different than most of those varmints in Congress and the other hypocrites who engage in the same, or other sins, but aren’t exposed yet.
As a Senator, he would vote MAGA and would be effective. He hasn’t anything left to hide, so he is a safe bet.
Better than that MEGA RINO backstabber Cornyn.
Ken Paxton’s affairs with Laura Olson and Tracy Duhon are common knowledge in Texas. He apparently thinks with his little head.
The “muh principles” folks are going to be responsible for us going to the camps.
His wife has put up with his extramarital affairs (plural) since at least 2018. His one affair partner is a Christian influencer. She has big saggy boobs she likes to show off. Yuck.
Sorry, don’t take orders from you. Feel free to cheer him on all you want.
Gross. Who is the other person besides Cornyn? If he’s not good hopefully someone better will step in. Even Angela Paxton seems up to task, but she likely too dignified to do that. (And very unlike Hillary Clinton in just putting up a front.)
Obama taught us in his senate campaign that even sealed records are available for the proper “motivation.” The press in this case is showing its obvious bias in trying to obtain the records; no surprise.
Good people don’t get involved in politics anymore, it’s not worth the hassle.
So you have to take what you can get, somebody who will vote for the things you want.
Democrats don’t care, as long as there is a “D” next to their name.
You don’t have to like it, but there it is.
And they will be going there too, right along with us.
So you have to take what you can get, somebody who will vote for the things you want.
Democrats don’t care, as long as there is a “D” next to their name.
You don’t have to like it, but there it is.
Excellent observation.
Good example. Borg hotty Jeri Ryan’s divorce accusations against Jack Ryan (taking her to sex parties) may have lost him the US senate election to Obama. It probably didn’t hurt her acting career to have a hand in helping Obama keep moving up in his career.
And Paxton doesn't take orders from you. Feel free to keep barking at the clouds.
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