Sunday, August 30, 2026

This Is Not A Bench Trial

A) Paxton never made that kind of money.

B) He’s been the Texas Attorney General since 2015. As his next explanation says 👇, that’s a full time job.

C) He didn’t buy 15 houses 11 years ago.
Ken Paxton recently bought three condominiums at a luxury resort in Utah, a set of purchases that offered fresh insight into his wealth amid his run for Senate.

The properties, along with a dozen others owned by Paxton, are at issue in his ongoing divorce negotiations with his wife, State Senator Angela Paxton, who has accused him of adultery.

Mr. Paxton, 63, purchased the condos, worth a total of $1.6 million, in February, according to local property records, and transferred them to his blind trust. On the deeds, Paxton listed his address as a Dallas-area home. Police records indicate a woman who is not his wife lives there. Paxton, who has been photographed vacationing with the woman, has not directly addressed the relationship.

Public records reviewed by The Times show Mr. Paxton, his blind trust and another family trust now own at least 15 properties worth around $9 million, including a luxury cabin in Oklahoma, three homes in Florida and a plot of land in Hawaii.

Mr. Paxton’s expanding real estate portfolio has raised questions in the past about how he has amassed his wealth, despite his $153,000 salary as attorney general. Both Mr. Talarico and Mr. Paxton’s opponent in the Republican primary, Senator John Cornyn, have suggested Mr. Paxton has used his public role to benefit himself. Mr. Talarico has disclosed one property on his state and federal filings, as well as an annual salary of less than $100,000.
Paxton owned more than a few properties prior to his impeachment trial. He out his mistress in one of them, which was part of the basis of the impeachment. One begins to see why Paxton ran away from these questions for several months. He probably shouldn’t have stopped doing that.
Ken Paxton when asked by a Fox host about his 3 primary residences (out of his 15 homes). This should clear it up! “Yeah. So in Texas, the Constitution used to require that you, if you're a statewide officeholder, you have to move to the capital. So I used to live in Collin County. I had when I became attorney general, I bought a condo in Austin so that I could live in the capital pursuant to what the Constitution required. Well, then my wife became a state senator. She wanted to buy a house, and by the way, that became my primary residence because it was required by the Constitution. So, when we bought a new house, we moved our primary residence to – to a house. So that was both were dictated by the Constitution, and then they changed the Constitution. They got rid of that requirement that you have as a statewide officer that you have to have a residence, or you have to live, whatever that means, in – in Austin. And so when that happened, I moved back to Collin County. So this idea that somehow that's fraudulent, they of course aren't following Texas law. They don't real – either don't realize or they're being deceptive about what was required under the Texas Constitution that was changed. So this this is just a con job by James Talarico again because he doesn't want you to know that he's a radical leftist…"
Did you get all that? Paxton and the Texas Constitution and his wife (“Biblical Grounds”!) adds up to…Talarico is a radical leftist.
Talarico: My faith is central in my public service, and if you go back and read the New Testament, even if you’re not a Christian, even if you’re not religious, go back and see what Jesus spends most of his time doing. It’s not preaching, it’s not teaching. It’s healing. It’s healing people.

And that is what we are called to do, whether you’re religious or not, is ensure—ensure that our neighbors have the care that they need. And that is, that is gonna be the end result of this plan and the other health care policies that we’re gonna fight for in Washington: saving the lives of our neighbors, bringing down these costs for all of us so that we can afford to get by in this economy, so we can afford to fulfill our God-given potential.

That is the end goal. That is our North Star.
Yeah. That guy. Although, to be fair, compared to Paxton, Jesus of Nazareth is a radical leftist. Although, caring about your neighbor is a Texas value….

As for that “explanation” about why Paxton has more than one primary residence (nobody really cares, but since Trump brought it up (ETTD)…), the old adage still holds: if you’re explaining, you’re losing.

I mean, I’m a Texas lawyer, and that explanation was still one I wouldn’t offer in a bench trial.
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