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Story summary
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken about 350 trips outside Texas with a taxpayer-funded security detail since 2015.
- Security costs for Paxton’s trips have exceeded $3.1 million, with a $483,000 peak in 2024.
- ProPublica analysis found only one in six logged locations had a documented work purpose.
- Taxpayers paid $13,235 for Paxton’s security at the Kentucky Derby, where he was photographed with influencer Tracy Duhon.