Ken Paxton Biography
Ken Paxton (Full name – Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr.) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the Attorney General of Texas since January 2015. He was born on December 23, 1962, Minot, North Dakota, U.S.
Paxton is a conservative member of the Tea Party. Previously, he served as Texas State Senator for the 8th district and the Texas State Representative for the 70th district.
Ken Paxton Wife
Paxton is married to his wife, Angela Paxton, his closest political advisor. His wife often opens up his events with a musical performance. Angela Paxton calls her husband “a very competitive person”.
True to this, Paxton won the attorney general’s election without the endorsement of a single Texas newspaper. Generally, he avoids reporters, most of whom he considers biased against him. Angela Paxton assumed the District 8 seat in the Texas Senate in 2019, as a result of her victory in the 2018 general election for that post.
Ken Paxton Age
Paxton was born on December 23, 1962, in Minot, North Dakota, USA. He is a lifelong football fan, who wanted to play football as a youth but his father wouldn’t let him for fear of injury. Paxton is 56 years old.
Ken Paxton Case | Indicted
On July 31, 2015, a grand jury indicted Paxton for felony securities fraud. The charges included two counts of (first-degree felony) securities fraud in connection with the sale of more than $100,000 or more of Servergy Inc. stock to two investors, along with a lesser charge of not registering (third-degree felony). On August 3, 2015, Paxton was booked and released after he turned himself in. He dismissed the charges against him as politically motivated and appealed them.
On August 27, 2015, Paxton formally pleaded not guilty, at his first court appearance on the three securities fraud charges. District Judge George Gallagher, after the plea, granted a motion made by Paxton’s attorney, Joe Kendall, to withdraw from the case. Paxton announced on September 10, 2015, that he had hired new legal counsel. On December 1, 2015, his defense team moved to have the charges dismissed while the prosecutors sought to amend the indictments.
After District Judge George Gallagher withdrew from the case, Judge Chris Oldner took over. By October 4, 2017, the case was being handled by a third Judge, Judge Johnson who agreed to delay the trial further at the prosecutors’ request, citing disruption caused by Hurricane Harvey and the unresolved dispute over the prosecutors’ pay. The case is still ongoing.
Ken Paxton Pen
In 2017, a pen was lost at a Collin County courthouse, where lawyer Joe Joplin rushed through the security stop, needing to get to a hearing. He realized he’d left a tray of three pens at the metal detector a few hours later. Among the pens was one which was a gift from his wife — a $1,000 Montblanc.
Joplin rushed to the security entrance and the pen was gone. He talked to the sheriff’s deputies, who told him that shortly after Joplin went through, another man picked up a tray of pens on top of the machine.
He emailed a boyhood friend who happened to be the Sheriff of Collin County, Terry Box, where he ordered the security camera review. Upon conclusion of the tape review, it was found that the man who had picked up the pen whether knowingly or unknowingly was state Sen. Ken Paxton of McKinney. A deputy Sheriff rung Paxton who arranged for the return of the pen. During Paxton’s campaign for AG, the pen incident became widely publicized.
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