Coverage dated October 23, 2026

Ken and Angela Paxton invested $600,000 in a convicted fraudster’s business

Headline from Texas Tribune

The blind trust’s investment in Wildcatter offers a new, unreported look at the attorney general’s financial ties with the very type of business executives whose prosecutions he typically celebrates.

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  1. ProPublica

  2. Texas Tribune

    Ken and Angela Paxton invested $600,000 in a convicted fraudster’s business (opens Texas Tribune)

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    The blind trust’s investment in Wildcatter offers a new, unreported look at the attorney general’s financial ties with the very type of business executives whose prosecutions he typically celebrates.

  3. The New Republic

    Ken Paxton’s Ties to Convicted Fraudster Exposed via Blind Trust (opens The New Republic)

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    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Senator Angela Paxton, invested $600,000 into a business run by a man convicted of fraud. The Texas Tribune reports that the Paxtons gave the cash to a construction materials business run by Scott Sherman, a home builder who pleaded guilty to mor…