The Dallas Morning News reports:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million house in a gated community outside Dallas. In 2015, they snapped up a second home in Austin. Then another.
The problem: Mortgages signed by the Paxtons contained inaccurate statements declaring that each of those three houses was their primary residence, enabling the now-estranged couple to improperly lock in low interest rates, according to an Associated Press review of public records. The lower rates will save the Paxtons tens of thousands of dollars in payments over the life of the loan, legal experts say.
The records also revealed that the Paxtons collected an improper homestead tax break on two of those homes at the same time. It is a federal and state crime to knowingly make false statements on mortgage documents. It’s also against the law in Texas to collect a homestead tax break on two separate properties.
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Sen. John Cornyn is very happy to hear this.
The records also revealed that the Paxtons collected an improper homestead tax break on two of those homes at the same time.
It is a federal and state crime to knowingly make false statements on mortgage documents. https://t.co/8YctsZ8AS6
— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) July 24, 2025
Texas AG claimed three homes as primary residence. Democrats are being probed for similar issue https://t.co/twuPgTKntl
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) July 24, 2025
Paxton Reveals Ownership Of Eight Out-Of-State Homeshttps://t.co/L08Ucd9qxc pic.twitter.com/HUUIouqKoa
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) July 21, 2025