Paxton says probe into fraudulent votes ‘won’t be resolved’ until after midterms
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- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says his office is investigating alleged illegal voting in Harris County, with the probe expected to continue beyond Election Day.
- Paxton, the Republican nominee for the US Senate in Texas, said his office had arrested convicted felons over alleged illegal voting and was examining additional reports.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said his office would continue investigating alleged election fraud in the state’s midterm elections, warning that the inquiry would not be completed before voting concludes.
“There are definitely some examples of felons voting, we believe, in Harris County,” Paxton said in an interview with conservative media outlet Newsmax.
“We’ll be pursuing this. It won’t be resolved by the time the election is over,” he added.
On Saturday, Paxton said his office had “arrested convicted felons for voting illegally” and was “actively investigating additional reports of election crimes.”
He did not provide further details about the cases during the Newsmax interview.
Paxton, who is the Republican nominee in Texas’ US Senate race, has made election integrity a central issue in his political messaging.
The allegations come as voters head to the polls in the US midterm elections. The claims of illegal voting have not been independently verified, and no further details about the scope of the investigation were immediately available.
