Paxton Rethinks FBI in Texas Fight: ‘Full Support’

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton backtracked on his opposition to using the FBI to help retrieve state Democrats who remain absent. He told The Hill on Wednesday that he’s in “full support” of using any means necessary.

Paxton on Tuesday pushed back against enlisting the FBI’s assistance in locating and arresting the Democrats, saying the episode is a “purely state issue.”

Paxton had a change of heart on Wednesday.

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