AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday his office is investigating Powered by People, a political action committee, for possibly bribing Texas Democrats who left the state to break quorum.

Paxton accuses the PAC, started in 2019 by former U.S. Congressman Beto O'Rourke, of "potentially operating an illegal financial influence scheme to bribe runaway Democrats." Members of the Texas House Democratic Caucus left on Sunday to block a vote on a new congressional map that would give Republicans an advantage in picking up five additional seats in the midterm elections.

“Texas cannot be bought," Paxton said in a news release. "I look forward to thoroughly reviewing all of the documents and communications obtained throughout this investigation. These jet-settin

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