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AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke's organization to determine if they are illegally funding the Democratic quorum break.

Paxton said Wednesday that any "Democrat coward" found to have taken a "Beto Bribe" in an attempt to prevent the mid-decade redrawing of congressional districts will be held accountable.

Paxton investigates Beto's organization

What we know:

Powered by People , a Democratic political activist volunteer group started by O'Rourke, has been a top funder of the ongoing quorum break, the Texas Tribune learned from a person involved in the fundraising. The former El Paso congressman, who challenged U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's seat in 2018, launched the organization the following year.

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