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Story summary
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton received thousands of dollars from Sherman’s companies while he owed tax debts.
- Paxton is the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, facing Democratic candidate James Talarico.
- Ethics experts said Paxton’s dealings undermine his role as Texas’s top law-enforcement official.
- Richard Painter, former chief ethics lawyer to President George W. Bush, questioned why Paxton deals with friends who avoid taxes.