Paxton seeks Beto O’Rourke’s arrest over financial support of Texas Democrats
Ken Paxton alleges Beto O’Rourke violated a court order by funding Democrats’ walkout to block redistricting, seeking jail time and a halt on fundraising activities.
- On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked Tarrant County District Judge Megan Fahey to jail former U.S. Representative Beto O’Rourke for violating the August 8, 2025 order blocking fundraising for Democrats’ walkout.
- Earlier this month, dozens of Democratic state lawmakers left Texas to delay a vote on a new congressional map, and Paxton sued O’Rourke and Powered by People last week for deceptive walkout fundraising.
- Under the Temporary Restraining Order issued August 8, 2025, Paxton claimed O’Rourke allegedly violated it at the Fort Worth rally Saturday by urging defiance, risking fines and jail.
- Tarrant County District Judge Megan Fahey granted the Temporary Restraining Order last Friday, and Paxton asked for $500 fines per violation and imprisonment until O’Rourke complies.
- Amid redistricting tensions, O’Rourke filed a lawsuit Friday in El Paso district court alleging Paxton’s investigation is a 'fishing expedition' while Republicans use legal tactics to force Democrats back.
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Texas AG Paxton files motion of contempt against O’Rourke
(The Center Square) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a motion for contempt against former U.S. Rep. Robert Francis (Beto) O’Rourke claiming he violated a temporary restraining order issued by a Tarrant County judge.
Texas AG Ken Paxton Takes Action to Throw Beto O’Rourke In JAIL: “Time to Lock Him Up” * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Kaley
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is not playing games, and Beto O’Rourke is about to find that out the hard way. AG Paxton is now seeking to hold Beto O’Rourke in contempt of court for blatantly defying a court order. The order barred O’Rourke from continuing to solicit donations to pay for the travel expenses of the runaway House Democrats who fled the state in order to block a vote on redistricting. And yet, not even 24 hours after the court …
“A Failure to Communicate”: Democrats Face Costly Calls on Texas Redistricting Bluffs
In Cool Hand Luke, Paul Newman’s character famously bluffs in a hand of poker and later explains, “Yeah, well sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand.” It is a great scene and a great movie. The problem is that sometimes nothing can be . . . well . . . nothing. Democrats are learning that lesson this week after Texas legislators headed home and opponents are calling the bluffs of figures from California Gov. Gavin Newsom to Texas’s Beto O’Rour…
Texas files motion against O'Rourke in fight over redistricting maps
Texas filed a motion for contempt Tuesday against Beto O'Rourke for violating a temporary restraining order barring him from fundraising for Democratic lawmakers who fled the state earlier this month.
Ken Paxton Seeks To Put Democrat Beto O’Rourke ‘Behind Bars’ Over Fundraising For AWOL Dems - Real News Now
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is escalating his legal battle against Democrat Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke, vowing to put the former congressman “behind bars” for what he says is an open and willful defiance of a court order. The fight stems from O’Rourke’s fundraising efforts for the group of more than 50 Texas Democrat lawmakers who fled the state earlier this month to block a vote on the Republican-led Congressional redistricting plan. …
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