Texas AG Spent $2.2M On Voter Fraud, Closed 3 Cases

The Houston Chronicle reports:

Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton has been one of former President Donald Trump’s most reliable allies in spreading the myth of widespread voter fraud, particularly in the 2020 election, and frequently boasts that few states are as vigilant.

His office’s election integrity unit added two lawyers to the team in the last year, bringing it up to six staffers total, and worked more than 20,000 hours between October 2020 and September 2021. Its budget, meanwhile, ratcheted up from $1.9 million to $2.2 million during that time.

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Corrupt Ken Paxton is wasting Texans’ hard earned tax dollars on what he calls “voter fraud” cases. Truth is, the problem doesn’t exist. His unit worked more than 20,000 hours to closed just three cases. 22,000 HOURS FOR THREE CASES!https://t.co/2VBEq4zlGq

— Joe Jaworski (@JaworskiForTX) December 17, 2021