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Jose Garcia

(3,246 posts)
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 03:05 PM Thursday

Texas Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce from Attorney General Ken Paxton, court records show

Source: CBS News

State Sen. Angela Paxton, the wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, has filed for divorce from her husband, according to Collin County court records.

The couple has been married for 38 years, including during Paxton's 2023 impeachment trial.

The senator said she filed for divorce on "biblical grounds," according a post on her X account. She filed on Thursday, court records show.

"I believe marriage is a sacred covenant and I have earnestly pursued reconciliation," she wrote on social media. "But in light of recent discoveries, I do not believe that it honors God or is loving to myself, my children, or Ken to remain in the marriage. I move forward with complete confidence that God is always working everything together for the good of those who love Him and who are called according to His purpose."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-sen-angela-paxton-divorce-ag-ken-paxton/

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Texas Sen. Angela Paxton files for divorce from Attorney General Ken Paxton, court records show (Original Post) Jose Garcia Thursday OP
Paxton endured impeachment proceeding for covering up a prior affair Torchlight Thursday #1
Was his name on the Epstein Traildogbob Thursday #2
Good question! Did you get a look at his pix? SheltieLover Thursday #3
What list? Ask Pam Blondie CurtEastPoint Thursday #5
The one she Traildogbob Thursday #7
Let the battle begin! Maeve Thursday #4
Biblical grounds? Hmm Jilly_in_VA Thursday #6
He ate shell fish. Traildogbob Thursday #8
Her P.I. brought her photos ZZenith Thursday #9
😂 Traildogbob Thursday #10
"down at the Red Lobster" LudwigPastorius Thursday #22
Oh, I hope so! CTyankee Thursday #13
The Bible is full of weird shit that everyone does that you shouldn't do. Gore1FL Thursday #21
Biblical Grounds? Botany Friday #30
My guess? hamsterjill Thursday #11
She counted the blue ones get the red out Thursday #12
Compare and contrast Ken Paxton's and Senator Paxton's reasons for this divorce LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #14
Yuck. One hate-filled couple wolfie001 Thursday #16
Angela's announcement sounds like it was written by her preacher FakeNoose Thursday #18
"But in light of recent discoveries...". Oh? Grins Friday #23
This message was self-deleted by its author ShazzieB Friday #25
Not possible to give a shit about either of them lonely bird Friday #29
The suffering of that woman to be married to that pile of shit for so long wolfie001 Thursday #15
She's no Blue Ribbon Winner either! Grins Friday #24
Just like john roberts and his wife wolfie001 Friday #28
She is a 100% Christo Fascist. Her Wiki page shows "a Jesus wants me to be a shitty person," person. Botany Friday #32
he's a typical hypochristian moonshinegnomie Thursday #17
"I ask for privacy"? This dirtbag has tried to destroy bronxiteforever Thursday #19
So, Paxton literally FAFO Attilatheblond Thursday #20
Oh, I see. ShazzieB Friday #26
John Cornyn must be pleased. no_hypocrisy Friday #27
Maybe she will move onto a Mexican Lesbian. Botany Friday #31

Torchlight

(5,081 posts)
1. Paxton endured impeachment proceeding for covering up a prior affair
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 03:09 PM
Thursday

He wasn't making a lot of friends at the time, and I was surprised he survived the internecine squabble. In hindsight, maybe Cornyn and Co. were simply keeping their powder dry for the day Comrade Cray-Cray comes back.

Pow.

Jilly_in_VA

(12,412 posts)
6. Biblical grounds? Hmm
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 03:17 PM
Thursday

The only one I can think of is ADULTERY. That would not surprise me in the least.

Gore1FL

(22,547 posts)
21. The Bible is full of weird shit that everyone does that you shouldn't do.
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 10:17 PM
Thursday

And it has a few good moments.

She probably does mean adultery, but he may have planted two crops in his field, wore modern underwear, ate pork, or got a tatoo.

get the red out

(13,833 posts)
12. She counted the blue ones
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:08 PM
Thursday

She must have counted the little blue pills and they were disappearing FAST.

FakeNoose

(37,822 posts)
18. Angela's announcement sounds like it was written by her preacher
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 05:45 PM
Thursday

Don't lawyers normally write these things?

Grins

(8,585 posts)
23. "But in light of recent discoveries...". Oh?
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 12:12 AM
Friday

WTF does that mean?? I knew of Ken’s extra curricular fucking around years ago!

So what’s new?

And of course, the obligatory:

Ken Paxton: “I ask for your prayers and privacy at this time.”

Like he was a woman who just had a miscarriage…

Response to Grins (Reply #23)

lonely bird

(2,410 posts)
29. Not possible to give a shit about either of them
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 08:41 AM
Friday

She played the God card and he is just an asshole.

They can both fuck off.

wolfie001

(5,682 posts)
15. The suffering of that woman to be married to that pile of shit for so long
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:24 PM
Thursday

She must really have led one miserable life

Grins

(8,585 posts)
24. She's no Blue Ribbon Winner either!
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 12:15 AM
Friday

Wish I was at my other computer that has my info on her. She’s as big a shit as him.

Botany

(74,707 posts)
32. She is a 100% Christo Fascist. Her Wiki page shows "a Jesus wants me to be a shitty person," person.
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 09:08 AM
Friday

“In February 2025, Paxton authored Senate Bill 13, which would move control of school library catalogs from librarians to boards of parents appointed by school board members, allowing parents to have any library book immediately removed from shelves until a decision by the school board.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Paxton

bronxiteforever

(10,615 posts)
19. "I ask for privacy"? This dirtbag has tried to destroy
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 09:18 PM
Thursday

women’s lives. Just last October-
Republican AGs Want Access to Health Records of Out-of-State Abortion Seekers. Texas’ Ken Paxton Is Leading the Charge.
PUBLISHED 10/16/2024 by SHOSHANNA EHRLICH

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking access to women's health records, specifically those related to reproductive healthcare, including abortions. He is challenging federal rules under HIPAA that restrict the sharing of such information with law enforcement. Paxton argues these rules unlawfully restrict state investigative authority and impede the enforcement of Texas's abortion laws.


Texas Attorney General filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to block new privacy protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1995 (HIPAA) aimed at protecting patient reproductive health care information from going into effect later this year.
The Attorney General also asked the court to invalidate long-standing provisions of HIPAA that limit when a provider or a plan can provide patient protected health information in response to a government investigation without the patient’s authorization, which would give a State investigatory agency unfettered access to such information.
https://www.manatt.com/insights/newsletters/health-highlights/texas-lawsuit-challenges-hipaa-reproductive-privac


Let all of Paxton’s dirty life be exposed.

Attilatheblond

(6,643 posts)
20. So, Paxton literally FAFO
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 09:35 PM
Thursday

Guess she had to get it over with now since some GOP legislators want to end no-fault, or any, divorce.

ShazzieB

(21,143 posts)
26. Oh, I see.
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 06:41 AM
Friday

Angela Paxton: "...in light of recent discoveries..."

Ken Paxton: "I ask for your prayers and privacy at this time." (Emphasis added by me.)

Translation: He doesn't want the rest of the world to make the discoveries Angela made and find out what a bad boy he's been.

If it looks, talks, and acts like a man with something to hide....you fill in the rest!

no_hypocrisy

(52,253 posts)
27. John Cornyn must be pleased.
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 06:50 AM
Friday

Paxton was openly challenging his seat in the Senate.

Not to mention that a messy public Paxton divorce might spook TSF from endorsing him over Cornyn.

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