Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faced renewed scrutiny on 20 August over his pocketing of a $1,000 pen more than a decade earlier, which resurfaced as a campaign issue in the Texas Senate race. An opponent's advertisement mocked the incident, highlighting concerns about Paxton's legal and ethical conduct.
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The pen Mr. Paxton pocketed more than a decade ago has resurfaced as a campaign issue.
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More than a decade ago, Ken Paxton stole another lawyer's $1000 Montblanc pen from a Texas courthouse. The surveillance footage of the theft has now resurfaced as an issue for his Texas Senate campaign.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u... The pen Mr. Paxton pocketed more than a decade ago has resurfaced as a campaign issue.
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