Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that a court granted his emergency request to stop what he called a "deceptive financial influence scheme" by former Congressman Beto O'Rourke.

Democrats have been able to thwart a vote on redistricting by fleeing the state and thus preventing a quorum from being called so Republicans can push the motion through. O'Rourke has helped fund these efforts through his group, Powered by People, until the court stopped him temporarily.

'Today, I stopped his deceptive financial influence scheme that attempted to deceive donors and subvert our constitutional process.'

"The Beto Bribe buyouts that were bankrolling the runaway Democrats have been officially stopped," reads a statement from Paxton. "People like Robert believe Texas can be bought. Today, I st

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