AG Ken Paxton rips state bar over ethics complaint, launches investigation into bar agency

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65% : The agency rejected Paxton's characterization, but within hours the attorney general opened a second front in his attack, announcing an investigation into the Texas Bar Foundation for allegedly donating money to groups "that encourage, participate in, and fund illegal immigration at the Texas-Mexico border."
50% : Later Friday morning, Paxton announced that his agency had opened an investigation into allegations by U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Richmond, and others that the Texas Bar Foundation had aided and abetted "the mass influx of illegal aliens." "The Texas Bar Foundation is alleged to have knowingly given donations to entities that encourage, participate in, and fund illegal immigration at the Texas-Mexico border, and potentially using taxpayer dollars received from the State Bar of Texas," Paxton said.

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