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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is looking into two political action committees for allegedly violating the law by assisting Texas state Democrats' travel out of the state in an effort to avoid a quorum during a redistricting standoff.

The groups are the Powered by People PAC, led by former Rep. Beto O’Rourke , and the Texas Majority PAC, led by members of his former staff.

"Any Democrat coward breaking the law by taking a Beto Bribe will be held accountable," Paxton said in a news release on Wednesday.

O’Rourke unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, lost to Sen. Ted Cruz in a closely-watched 2018 contest, and lost to Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022. Still, he remains a prominent voice in the sta

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