AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ attorney general disclosed Wednesday that a Washington-based conservative group is helping pay his legal defense on criminal securities fraud charges, the first such national group to offer financial support. But Republican Ken Paxton would not divulge all the principals involved with the political organization, which has virtually no public profile.
Paxton has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial on felony charges of misleading investors. He has received nearly $550,000 the past two years from friends and others to cover his legal expenses and $10,000 of that comes from The Annual Fund Inc., which Paxton reported as a gift that meets exceptions to Texas anti-bribery laws.
Source: http://www.startribune.com/texas-attorney-general-s-donors-include-conservative-group/432779213/