TEXAS – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke and his organization, Powered by People, alleging unlawful fundraising activities and a potentially misleading financial-influence scheme to support Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to break quorum.

According to Paxton’s office, O’Rourke and Powered by People are accused of soliciting donations under the guise of political fundraising, while allegedly using the funds to cover personal expenses for the Democratic legislators who left Texas in an effort to block Republican-backed legislation.

“Democrat runaways are likely accepting Beto Bribes to underwrite their jet-setting sideshow in far-flung places and misleadingly raising political funds to pay for personal expenses,” Paxton s

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