Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general, speaks during a news conference outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. A group of 50 attorneys general opened a broad investigation into whether advertising practices of Alphabet Inc.'s Google violate antitrust laws. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
It appears Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) wasn’t the only Texas government official to flee the state while more than 10 million residents were without power in a blizzard. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton traveled to Utah last week with his wife, State Sen. Angela Paxton (R) for a trip, similar to Cruz, the couple says was “previously planned.”
Paxton Spokesman Ian Prior said that the A.G.’s trip was business-oriented and that “while there, A.G. Paxton had a number of meetings with the Utah Attorney General over the course of several days.”
Critics of Paxton then noted that if his trip was truly just meetings, then it would have been much safer to host them remotely.
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Prior said that Paxton did not leave Texas “until after power has returned to most of the state, including his own home,” further adding to questions as to why the AG did not have his meetings virtually from his Texas home.
Paxton has not apologized for his trip to Utah, instead he pledged to further investigate the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages a majority of the Texas independent electrical grid.
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