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Ken Paxton Left About 730 Workdays Blank as Attorney General. His Out-of-State Trips Cost Texas Taxpayers at Least $1.9 Million.

Ken Paxton Left About 730 Workdays Blank as Attorney General. His Out-of-State Trips Cost Texas Taxpayers at Least $1.9 Million.

An Associated Press review of Ken Paxton's calendars and security bills found more than 275 out-of-state trips — Napa wineries, ski towns, Europe, Mar-a-Lago — while his official calendar sat empty for about 730 workdays. Texans paid at least $1.9 million for his security on the road. A ProPublica-Texas Tribune review later found nearly 1,000 trips with his security detail since 2015, costing $3.3 million, with only 1 in 6 tied to state business.