US EditionTX AG Paxton Announces Undercover 'Leftist Terror Cells' Investigations
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced undercover operations targeting left-wing groups amid rising political violence, citing recent attacks including the killing of conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk.
- On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an undercover operation to identify and disrupt what he called leftist terror cells in Texas.
- Paxton said the move followed the killing of conservative leader Charlie Kirk and attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in Alvarado and Dallas.
- Citing arrests and injuries, the release said nearly two dozen people linked to Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an ICE facility in Alvarado, with one police officer wounded and 17 people arrested.
- Paxton instructed his staff to continue identifying and infiltrating groups, while observers warned the announcement may create legal hurdles after a federal judge recently blocked a National Guard deployment.
- Paxton's Senate bid means GOP allies warn his presence could weaken down-ballot races, while experts at the Network Contagion Research Institute note political violence has risen faster on the right.
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TX AG Paxton announces undercover 'leftist terror cells' investigations
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his office is launching undercover investigations into groups he refers to as “leftist terror cells.” Paxton claims there are organized groups on the political left in Texas that he believes are engaging in and planning acts of violence, without providing any further details of those plans. In a press release, Paxton’s office cited the Wednesday, Sept. 10, assassination of conservative political a…
Texas AG Paxton Pledges Crackdown on ‘Leftist Terror Cells’
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Oct. 7 announced an undercover investigation into “leftist terror cells” in his home state, citing the “political assassination of national hero Charlie Kirk” and the rise of “leftist violence” nationwide as reasons for the operation. “Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and…
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Paxton announces plan to ‘infiltrate’ antifa
As the right-wing continues to try and make political hay out of the murder of Charlie Kirk, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is snatching the chance to fluff up his own political aspirations for the Senate by “launch[ing] undercover investigations into various groups affiliated with left-wing political violence known to be operating in Texas.” The announcement came via press release from Paxton’s office Tuesday morning (Oct. 7) in which he cal…
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