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25 June 2026

UPDATE VIDEO: WATCH KEN PAXTON'S SILENT RESPONSE TO HIS SPECIAL DEAL AS TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR PEDOPHILE ADAM DEAN HOFFMAN

 






Texas lawmakers, advocates demand accountability from AG’s office in Adam Dean Hoffman case & Talarico attacks Paxton on plea deal arrangement & Inside the child sex abuse case that resulted in Ken Paxton’s officer offering a plea deal of just one day in jail 15&28&19MAI26






07 June 2026

Texas lawmakers, advocates demand accountability from AG’s office in Adam Dean Hoffman case & Talarico attacks Paxton on plea deal arrangement & Inside the child sex abuse case that resulted in Ken Paxton’s officer offering a plea deal of just one day in jail 15&28&19MAI26



Waco attorney Adam Hoffman arrested in alleged sexual assault of a child ( KWTX )

TEXAS Attorney General fascist fotze trunt kenny paxton arranging a sweetheart deal for fellow sexual deviant little boy molester adam dean hoffman. It's no surprise NOT MY pres drumpf/trump has endorsed paxton in the 2026 Texas race for US Senate, they have so much in common with drumpf/trump being an adulterer and an alleged child rapist per the epstein files. These from KCEN-TV , PolitiFact and News From The States.....

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Texas lawmakers, advocates demand accountability from AG’s office in Adam Dean Hoffman case

Texas lawmakers and the victim’s family are calling for accountability in the Adam Dean Hoffman case while pushing for stronger protections for child victims.
 5:41 PM CDT May 15, 2026


WACO, Texas — Texas lawmakers and advocates for the victim’s family are calling for accountability from the Texas Attorney General’s Office in the Adam Dean Hoffman case, while also pushing for legislative changes they say would better protect child victims and prevent similar outcomes in the future.

During the press conference, State Representative Pat Curry and State Representative Jeff Leach criticized the handling of the case and announced plans to push for legislative reforms ahead of the next session.

“This is a travesty that cannot continue to happen,” Curry said during the conference. 

Hoffman accepted a plea deal in a child sex abuse case that sentenced him to 30 days in prison, later doubled to 60, and does not require him to register as a sex offender.  The outcome has sparked outrage from lawmakers, victim advocates and supporters of the victim’s family.

Leach called the handling of the case one of the most troubling he has seen.

“A Texas boy was systematically and repeatedly horrifically abused… by Adam Hoffman,” Leach said. 

Leach also called on the Attorney General’s Office to publicly address the case.

“The Attorney General should own it," Leach said. "He should apologize to the family, to the victim and to the people of Texas for what happened in that case."

Lawmakers said they are now looking at possible changes to state law, including mandatory sex offender registration for people who admit to child sex crimes and stronger protections for child victims during testimony. 

During the press conference, advocates for the victim’s family handed out a letter from the victim’s mother criticizing how authorities handled the case.

In part, the letter read: “Why are the people in charge of protecting us getting away with this? My son deserved protection. Instead, authorities protected the abuser. Ken Paxton must be held accountable.” 

Family supporters said they hope the case leads to long-term changes that better protect children across Texas.

“We’ve got to do better," family spokesperson Melissa Dietrich said. "Why are we not protecting our children? Our first thought was 'he’s gonna do this again.'” 

Curry said lawmakers plan to continue working with victim advocacy groups, prosecutors and legal experts before the next legislative session.


  • Talarico attacks Paxton on plea deal arrangement: U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico has accused his competitor, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, of being lenient on people who sexually abuse children. On May 28, Talarico’s campaign posted a social media ad on X, stating, "Adam Hoffman abused a little boy for 3 years. He should have faced life in prison — but Ken Paxton and his wealthy lawyer friends let Hoffman off the hook." The statement is accurate but needs additional information. We rate it Mostly True. Adam Dean Hoffman, a Waco attorney, was charged in 2022 with a felony, continuous sexual abuse of a child. The trial ended in a hung jury. State prosecutors in Paxton’s office agreed to a plea deal in which Hoffman pleaded guilty to misdemeanors that did not require him to register as a sex offender. In a signed, written confession, Hoffman said he touched the victim’s genitals with the "intent to arouse or gratify my sexual desire" without the victim’s consent.

Inside the child sex abuse case that resulted in Ken Paxton’s officer offering a plea deal of just one day in jail



May 19, 2026 | 6:00 am ET

By Neena Satija, The Texas Newsroom, Taylor Goldenstein, and Molly-Jo Tilton, KWBU 

WACO — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is under fire for a plea deal his prosecutors offered last month to a Waco man charged with repeatedly sexually abusing a young boy.

The deal in the case, which Paxton’s office took over about three years ago after the locally elected district attorney recused himself, would have let the man plead guilty to two misdemeanors and serve a total of just one day in jail.

Now Paxton, locked in a heated primary to be the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, is facing criticism from political opponents who say his office was too lenient toward the man, who admitted that he molested the victim. This comes even as Paxton has built a reputation attacking local district attorneys for being too soft on crime.

“Predators who commit these crimes tend to repeat them over and over again, until stopped,” U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who Paxton is seeking to oust in the primary, recently posted on X. “Paxton could have stopped this one, but instead cut him loose to reoffend over and over again, putting more children at risk.”

State Rep. Jeff Leach, a Plano Republican who has endorsed Cornyn’s reelection, sent a letter to Paxton’s office earlier this month calling the deal “incomprehensible” and demanding answers.

Paxton’s office did not respond to emailed questions for this story. A spokesperson pointed to a letter that two of his prosecutors who worked on the case sent to Leach last week, in which they explained that the case went to trial last year but ended in a hung jury, and the young victim did not want to testify a second time.

“The child emphasized that he preferred to move on with his life and prioritize his mental and emotional health,” wrote the prosecutors, Brenda Cantu and Dorian Cotlar.

Beyond Paxton’s immediate political rivals, the deal has attracted criticism from local officials in Waco, including the McLennan County district attorney, a state representative from the area and even the judge presiding over the matter.

“One day. Seriously? Somebody has to sell me on the wisdom of it,” said Judge Roy Sparkman, according to a transcript of an April 16 hearing. Sparkman, a visiting judge who previously served on the bench as a Republican, later insisted on a 60-day jail sentence.

The mother of the victim agreed to an early version of the plea deal in court, but said in an interview that she now disagrees with the outcome.

“We were put in an impossible situation,” said the mother, who The Texas Tribune and The Texas Newsroom are not naming to protect the identity of the victim. ”How do you trust the prosecution to go back to a case that they want to plead out when they’re the ones that are supposed to fight for it, and they don’t want to do it?”

The Texas Newsroom and the Tribune examined hundreds of pages of court documents related to the Waco case and conducted more than a dozen interviews, including with people close to the case as well as experts who were not involved in it but reviewed some of the details.

The experts said the outcome reflects the difficult nature and often-painful reality of prosecuting complex child abuse cases.

“I do really love getting life or 50 years in a case when I feel like it’s appropriate,” said Angela Weltin, chief of the Special Victims Bureau for the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. “But there are times when I have to dismiss the case even when I know they committed this offense, because I can’t prove it and I can’t re-traumatize that child.”

The controversy over the case has raised fresh questions about whether Texas’ top lawyer is living up to his own hardline stance on criminal prosecutions. Critics are pointing to two other serious felony cases that the attorney general’s prosecutors took to trial that ended in mistrials and, eventually, plea deals. 

For instance, attack ads from Cornyn’s allies highlight the case of a man originally charged with child sex trafficking who received a deal for a probation sentence. And Sparkman brought up another case in open court last month, noting that Paxton had also taken over a murder-for-hire case that he oversaw, which resulted in a misdemeanor plea and a four-day jail sentence.

“I’m seeing a pattern here that is concerning me,” Sparkman said, referring to the way Paxton’s office prosecutes cases. “If they get a mistrial, all of a sudden it’s just a little misdemeanor with a slap on the hand.”

Court records show that all three cases drawing scrutiny began as high-level felony charges and ended in mistrials. All were eventually resolved with plea deals resulting in little to no jail time. And in each case, the judge presiding over the deal insisted on a harsher punishment than what Paxton’s office originally proposed.

In some ways, the controversies Paxton is facing mark the inevitable collision of tough-on-crime political rhetoric with the daily, often messy realities of the courtroom – and they come as Paxton has sought more authority over local prosecutors. Some are now suing him over a rule he announced last year requiring them to send his office detailed reports on their activities.

One of them is Williamson County District Attorney Shawn Dick, a Republican.

“I can’t speak to the result in this specific case without having all the facts, but it is ironic that Paxton is now facing criticism for this outcome when he frequently criticizes the work of local prosecutors who are faced with these difficult decisions daily,” Dick said in an interview.

A hung jury

Last summer, two prosecutors from the attorney general’s office stood in a Waco courtroom and acknowledged that jurors had a difficult task in front of them.

The defendant, a local attorney named Adam Dean Hoffman, stood accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a young boy for years. The boy had told an investigator that Hoffman raped him and showed him pornography, court records show. And he talked about his suffering on the witness stand in detail during the trial.

“Think about this kiddo and what this kid went through at age 8, and 9, and 10,” Cotlar said during the closing arguments, later adding, “He’s not lying, and you know that because he’s so specific.”

But there were complicating factors for the jury to consider. The victim’s revelation about his abuse came after he was caught “acting out sexually” with his cousin, Cotlar said. He’d also recanted parts of his testimony during the trial, including a claim that he saw guns in Hoffman’s home.

Experts say it’s not uncommon for young victims of such abuse to become perpetrators soon afterward. Nor is it out of the ordinary for children to offer conflicting accounts – especially if they’re testifying years later. In this case, the trial happened three years after the boy made the first accusation.

But the reality is that in child abuse cases, the child’s testimony is often the only evidence that’s available, said Weltin, the Harris County prosecutor. And so if it’s inconsistent, that can create reasonable doubt in the minds of jurors.

Waco authorities had also botched a key part of the initial police investigation, well before Paxton’s office was involved in the case. Instead of a child abuse expert, a police officer interviewed the boy about what he went through, which experts say is a clear departure from best practice.

“Was this the perfect way to conduct this investigation? No, it was not, and we own that,” Cotlar told jurors during closing arguments. “The case comes as it comes.”

In the end, jurors could not deliver a verdict.

“Deliberations are not productive at this point,” the lead juror wrote in a note to the judge after the jury had deliberated for nine hours. The note also said that five jurors were leaning toward a “not guilty” verdict, while seven felt that the boy’s testimony, as well as that of forensic experts, “were enough to prove guilt.”

Prosecutors were left with three options – dismiss the case, negotiate a plea agreement or take the case to trial again, which would have required the victim to take the witness stand once more.

“It was horrible,” his mother recalled in an interview. Her son had been forced to talk about “the most horrible things that have ever happened in his life, in a room full of strangers and the person that did it, and he didn’t want to do it again.”

About 10 months after the first trial resulted in a hung jury, the mother said prosecutors met with her and her son. They explained that they wanted to drop the felony charge of “continuous sexual abuseof a young child” and allow Hoffman to plead guilty to two misdemeanors: “indecent assault” and “display of harmful materials to a minor.”

As part of the indecent assault plea, Hoffman agreed to make a statement that he “did then and therewith the intent to arouse or gratify my sexual desire, touch genitals of [the victim, identified by initials] … and I acted without the complainant’s consent.”

Crucially, Hoffman was legally admitting to abusing an individual whose age is not specified in the plea documents. That crime does not require him to register as a sex offender.

And prosecutors were agreeing to a jail sentence of “time served,” which included the one day in jail Hoffman had spent following his initial arrest before he bonded out.

“I said I had to think about it and pray about it,” the mother said, describing her response to prosecutors during the meeting.

The prosecutors then told her, “they represent the state, not us, and that they can do it without me … but they would like me to agree,” she recalled.

Reluctantly, she agreed. But the judge did not. When the prosecution and defense convened on April 16 to announce the deal, Sparkman balked.

“Somebody want to explain this to me?” he asked, according to the transcript.

“Judge, there were ongoing discussions with multiple members of the defense team as well as the state reviewing the state of the evidence, reviewing the anticipated trauma on the victim,” Cantu, one of the prosecutors, responded.

“My inclination is not to accept a one-day sentence,” Sparkman said, before calling a short recess.

When everyone returned, Cantu pitched a new agreement: Hoffman would spend 30 days in jail and surrender his Texas law license. She also noted there was a “lifetime protective order” barring him from any contact with the victim.

Sparkman asked the boy’s mother if she and her son wanted the court to accept the plea recommendation.

“Yes, your honor,” she responded.

“All right,” Sparkman said. “The Court obviously has some reservations, but I want to respect the family’s wish.”

But Sparkman’s final decision wouldn’t come until a formal sentencing hearing the following week.

“This isn’t justice”

In the days after the plea hearing, protesters marched in front of the McLennan County courthouse.

District Attorney Josh Tetens had recused himself from the case years earlier because Hoffman had briefly sought Tetens’ counsel back when he was a defense attorney. But after news of the deal went public, the outcry was so intense he began issuing statements and responding to Facebook commenters, reminding them: “Our office did not prosecute this case, it was the Texas Attorney General’s office.” In another post he said that his office “shares the public’s concern and frustration over how the Hoffman case was resolved.”

“I cannot — and we’ve racked our brains — cannot think of anything in recent history that was put down to a misdemeanor from that level of offense,” said Tetens, a Republican, in an interview.

The public discussion made enough waves that Sparkman addressed it directly at the sentencing hearing on April 27.

“I understand this has gotten some attention, which is good,” he said, before going on to ask the victim’s mother once again if she agreed to the proposed outcome in the case.

“No,” she answered, adding, “It’s just not enough. He’s dangerous. This isn’t justice, and I can’t do it.”

Sparkman asked her why her answer had changed.

“My son just still doesn’t want to testify again, but 30 days isn’t enough,” she responded.

Sparkman responded by upping the sentence to 60 days.

Hoffman’s defense lawyer accepted the deal on the spot.

“Not my first go-round”

Before adjourning, Sparkman aired one last concern.

“I’m also bothered because this is not my first go-round with the Attorney General’s Office,” he said, noting the similarities between this outcome and an unrelated case that happened to involve serious criminal charges against a different Waco defense attorney, Seth Sutton.

Court records show that back in 2020, Waco authorities accused Sutton of hiring a hit man to kill someone he believed had molested his stepdaughter. The hit man turned out to be an undercover police officer who was investigating Sutton’s motorcycle club for possible gang activity.

Sutton was charged with “criminal solicitation of capital murder,” a first-degree felony that could lead to life in prison. But because one of Sutton’s former colleagues had gone to work for the McLennan district attorney, the office recused itself from the case and Paxton’s prosecutors took over.

Court records show it wasn’t Sutton’s idea to hire a hit man; rather, the police officer volunteered to carry out the murder for him. And he’d also continued the undercover operation even after his supervisors ordered him to stop.

The trial ended in a hung jury, and a few days later, prosecutors signaled their intent to go to a second trial, according to court records. But the following year, they agreed to dismiss the felony charge, and Sutton pleaded guilty to “terroristic threat,” a misdemeanor. He surrendered his law license and got a four-day jail sentence.

Sparkman had also presided over those proceedings and insisted on a harsher plea deal, demanding that Sutton be required to wait three years to re-apply for a law license, instead of being able to re-apply immediately, according to local TV station KWTX.

“I can tell you that we, Mr. Cotlar and I, had nothing to do with this other prior case,” Cantu told Sparkman, after he compared it to Hoffman’s deal. “There is no sort of system that is put in place where anybody tells us what to do in our cases … We evaluate them as a team based on the evidence and based on the limitations of our evidence.”

The AG’s office did not respond to a request for comment on this case. Sutton’s attorney, Clint Broden, said in an interview that he did not view the case as indicative of larger problems with Paxton’s office. Instead, he said the jury couldn’t make a decision because he’d effectively argued that the undercover police officer had placed enormous pressure on Sutton to solicit the murder, essentially entrapping him.

“He’s sworn to uphold the law, and then he’s pushing you to take actions into your own hands, and that certainly did not create a good look for some people on the jury,” Broden said.

In a statement, Sutton said he was “enraged” by the suggestion that his case bears any similarities to the others, adding: “I hurt no one. I scared no one. I only accepted a reduced deal to shield my family from another trial.”

Questions about a third case

The Hoffman plea deal has also raised questions about Paxton’s role in a third plea deal that was highlighted in a campaign attack ad paid for by a pro-Cornyn super PAC.

In that Bexar County case, authorities charged Rakim Sharkey in 2017 with aggravated promotion of prostitution, accusing him of holding two girls and an adult woman against their will and forcing them to do sexual acts for money. Like the Hoffman and Sutton cases, Sharkey’s deal was also cut after a 2022 mistrial, that time because people in the courtroom, including a key witness, contracted COVID-19.

Sharkey had faced up to life in prison, but under a plea deal the following year with the attorney general’s office, he instead was placed on probation and avoided having to register as a sex offender. The judge also insisted on a more punitive sentence than prosecutors originally proposed, upping the probation sentence by two years.

Two years later, in 2025, Sharkey was rearrested for a series of felonies, including first-degree felony burglary, and his probation was revoked, court records show. He is now serving a 22-year prison sentence.

Kirsta Leeburg Melton, a veteran prosecutor who led Paxton’s human trafficking division from 2015 to 2019, worked on the case extensively before she left the office and said she was sickened by the outcome.

Melton said an attorney general’s prosecutor falsely told the court that key witnesses were unavailable for a second trial. One had testified in an unrelated trafficking case just the week prior, she said. Paxton’s office did not respond to questions about this case.

“Sharkey’s case was an extremely well investigated, well-corroborated human trafficking case, and frankly, you’re not going to get better evidence,” said Melton, who in 2012 had established and led Bexar County’s first human trafficking unit.

Melton, who is now running for Hays County district attorney as an independent, said she sees that outcome as “distinct” from the Hoffman case, however.

“You’ve got to be willing to go to trial on hard cases, to work with victims who have been through serious trauma and to see that justice is done,” Melton said. “The prosecutor who agreed to give Sharkey probation on a severely reduced offense instead of taking the case to trial when he had victims willing to cooperate walked away from that obligation.”

The Sharkey case came at a time when the AG’s human trafficking unit had come under public scrutiny for bungled cases amid high turnover, including the loss of top experts like Melton. Despite human trafficking cases skyrocketing during the pandemic, the unit did not secure a single conviction or deferred adjudication in 2020 and produced just four in 2021, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Last year, Texas’ Republican-led Legislature expanded Paxton’s ability to prosecute human trafficking cases. A new law allows the attorney general’s office to pursue the cases if local prosecutors don’t do so within six months.

State Rep. Pat Curry, R-Waco, said in an interview that the legislation was about securing the state’s “long-term future” for public safety, regardless of who serves as attorney general. However, he said he’s now worried about Paxton’s office taking over child sex abuse cases.

“Frankly, with the mistakes that I believe were made in [the Hoffman] case, I will tell you that no, I don’t think I want to give them any more power over cases like this.”

“Messiness of practicing trial law”

A week before Election Day, the firestorm over the Hoffman case has turned into a political liability for Paxton and has prompted a virtual pit fight between his detractors and his allies.

Tom Giovanetti, the president of the Dallas-based conservative think tank Institute for Policy Innovation and a Cornyn supporter, called the Hoffman outcome “an Epstein-style deal” in a post on X.

Republican state Rep. Mitch Little, Paxton’s former defense attorney during his impeachment trial and a supporter of Paxton’s Senate campaign, has repeatedly defended the AG’s office online while accusing critics of exploiting the case for “political leverage.”

“This is the messiness of practicing trial law,” Little said in an interview. “The emotions on cases like these run so hot, and rightfully so, that it’s very difficult to know where this lands.”

Neena Satija is a reporter for The Texas Newsroom, the collaboration among the public radio stations in the state. She is based at KUT in Austin. Taylor Goldenstein is a reporter in Austin for The Texas Tribune. Molly-Jo Tilton is a reporter at the public radio station KWBU in Waco.

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13 September 2025

Texas AG is caught in shocking sex scandal as details of secret affair with married Christian influencer mom-of-seven are exposed 12SEP25

 

KEN PAXTON, TROY DUHON & TRACY DUHON AT KENTUCKY DERBY MAY 2024

WEEELLLL, LOOKIE LOOKIE, another hypocritical gop fascist authoritarian caught in a sex scandal!!!!! A spokesperson for fascist fotze ken paxton said '[Paxton is] enamored with her face. He's enamored with her story of overcoming adversity - she's lost two children. He's enamored with her faith,' one source explained.The source claims Paxton has a 'sincere' affection for her and believes she could be the second major relationship in his life. HER FACE??? REALLY??? She is NOT a stunning beauty, but look at her pics and you can see what ole kenny boy was after, HER BOOBS!!! IF she is the second major relationship in his life where does that leave his wife and the first fotze he had an affair with,  laura olson??? This is from the Daily Mail, you will have to click on the post header to go their website to see any of the pictures of all involved, I am not posting them because they all look like low class no class trash (except Angela Paxton & Troy Duhon).....

Texas AG is caught in shocking sex scandal as details of secret affair with married Christian influencer mom-of-seven are exposed

, updated By MARYANN MARTINEZ, US TEXAS BUREAU CHIEF
Texas's controversial Attorney General has been caught in a shocking sex scandal - less than two years after cheating on his wife with his mistress.
The Daily Mail can exclusively reveal Ken Paxton, 62, was secretly seeing a married Christian influencer behind the backs of both their partners.
Multiple sources confirm mother-of-seven Tracy Duhon, 57, who is also an author, is the reason the politician's relationship crumbled earlier this summer.
Texas State Senator Angela Paxton announced in July their 38-year marriage was over in a stinging tweet, citing 'biblical grounds'.
It is not the first time Ken Paxton has been rocked by scandal, having been caught cheating on Angela in 2023 with his former mistress Laura Olsen.
He was impeached by the state house, accused of misusing his office and taking bribes while trying to get a job for his lover, allegations he denied all along and was acquitted of in the state senate.
His wife stood by him through that first scandal.
But the latest incident with Duhon appears to have been the last straw, and could threaten Paxton's latest bid to become a US senator.
The romance between Duhon and Paxton started after the pair met at the Kentucky Derby last year, multiple sources revealed.
Since May 2024, the lovers have had multiple rendezvous on trips across the country and even overseas, according to insiders.
The getaways were essential to keeping the entanglement secret as both were married at the time, the sources said.
On social media, Duhon bragged about her 27-year marriage to Troy Duhon, the wealthy owner of 39 car dealerships.
A New Orleans native, Duhon keeps a very active social media presence, discussing the power of prayer, and advising others on how to navigate death and other difficult times of their lives.
On her website, Duhon shares she lost two babies who died the day they were born in separate pregnancies.
Her faith and grief counseling are the subject of her book When Hope is all you Have.
'[Paxton is] enamored with her face. He's enamored with her story of overcoming adversity - she's lost two children. He's enamored with her faith,' one source explained.
The source claims Paxton has a 'sincere' affection for her and believes she could be the second major relationship in his life.
Despite their best efforts to keep their relationship under wraps, Paxton's wife learned her husband was cheating again earlier this year, another source said.
Even though the Paxtons had not lived together since the summer of 2024, learning about Duhon made the arrangement between Angela and Paxton untenable, sources explained.
The Duhons finalized their divorce three weeks ago, a source confirmed to the Daily Mail, adding that Tracy met Paxton at the Kentucky Derby in May 2024.
They stayed under the same roof at the home of a mutual friend who hosted them for the event.
In July, two months after the Derby, Tracy filed for divorce, the informant stated.
In an epic tweet, Texas State Senator Angela announced the end of her 38-year marriage in July, dumping her husband, who has renewed political aspirations. 
'Today, after 38 years of marriage, I filed for divorce on biblical grounds,' she announced to the world on X July 10.
'...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.'
A public official in her own right, Angela, represents the Dallas suburb of McKinney in the Texas Senate.
She accused Ken of 'adultery' in court filings according to KUT News, however their divorce records have now been sealed. 
In an emotional post to X, Angela, 62, announced the end of their 38-year marriage
In an emotional post to X, Angela, 62, announced the end of their 38-year marriage
Ken Paxton, a staunch ally of Donald Trump, has hitched his wagon to the MAGA movement, becoming one of the fiercest defenders of the President. 
Last year, he decided to try and unseat long-time Senator John Cornyn, considered a more establishment Republican. 
Now both office holders are desperately trying to convince conservative voters they are the purest incarnation of the GOP.
Both Paxton and Cornyn are appealing to conservatives who rank Christianity and family values as top priorities.
Prior to news of the Paxton divorce, the MAGA Attorney General was ahead by as many as 16 points with conservative voters in the Lone Star State.
Polling in the weeks after Angela announced the affair shows Cornyn and Paxton in a dead heat
Cornyn certainly believes the Duhon affair is a game changer, repeatedly attacking Paxton on the issue.
The sitting senator could not resist the opportunity to stick it to Paxton as news of a tech CEO who was caught cheating on his wife at a Coldplay concert went viral.
'Good news for @kenpaxtontx,' Cornyn posted to X, sharing a parody tweet joking the band would no longer be showing candid camera shots of their audience.
Cornyn also launched a new attack ad in July, calling out Paxton for his affair with Laura Olson - whose identity was first revealed by Texas Bureau Chief MaryAnn Martinez.
Olson became the focus when the attorney general was impeached by both Republicans and Democrats in the Texas House on allegations of corruption.
Lone Star members of the House alleged that Paxton used his position as the top law enforcer in the state to get bribes and donations. 
One top donor, Nate Paul, was singled out as paying for access to the attorney general's office. 
Earlier this year, Paul pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of making false statements to a financial institution in exchange for other federal charges being dropped. He was fined $1million and sentenced to five years' supervised release.
When Paxton's affair with Olson became known, Paxton asked Paul to hire her at one of his Austin companies, lawmakers accused the attorney general.
The allegation of the quid pro quo is what resulted in Paxton's historic impeachment, with bi-partisan votes. 
During the vote in the House, which was broadcasted live on TV, Paxton allegedly texted members of the House to threaten them if they voted to impeach him. 
'I would like to point out that several members of this House, while on the floor of this House doing the state's business, received telephone calls from General Paxton personally, threatening them with political consequences in our next election,' Rep. Charlie Geren said during the proceedings.
Paxton was eventually acquitted after a trial in the state senate and returned to his office. If he had been found guilty, he would have lost his job as attorney general.
Angela sat through his trial at the senate every day, listening to details of his affair with Olson, even on the days her husband did not show up. She recused herself from voting. 
Olson was called to the State Capitol to testify, but never actually took the stand.
When asked about Duhon being his mistress, Paxton did not address the claim but attacked the Daily Mail and vowed to take on the 'deranged radical Left' with Trump.
When the Daily Mail reached out to Duhon, she hung up after learning she was on the phone with a reporter.
She did not respond to text messages seeking further comment. Angela Paxton declined to comment through a spokesman.