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Texas AG under scrutiny for tax breaks, mortgage fraud (www.msn.com)

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million house in a gated community outside Dallas. In 2015, they snapped up a second home in Austin. Then another.

The problem: Mortgages signed by the Paxtons contained inaccurate statements declaring that each of those three houses was their primary residence, enabling the now-estranged couple to improperly lock in low interest rates, according to an Associated Press review of public records. The lower rates will save the Paxtons tens of thousands of dollars in payments over the life of the loan, legal experts say.

The records also revealed that the Paxtons collected an impermissible homestead tax break on two of those homes, and they have routinely flouted lending agreements on some of their other properties.

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Under scrutiny but not under arrest and there will be no consequences. So tired of these ghouls getting away with all this shit. At this point being a Republican you can just flat out committe crimes and walk free. Unless you cheat the rich then it's off to prison. Tired.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Forget the sex. (Though I admire the fortitude of the women who can still pretend to be enjoying sex with this dude and his weird eye.)

The real story is this motherfucker and his wife were committing fraud.

Just like Jesus would do. /s

[–] limer@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I confess I find this somewhat humorous reading new crime done by this man.

He has done hundreds of crimes and frauds, and most articles propose that the crime they are writing about is bad, somehow ignoring all the other crimes.

It gets funnier after reading the first score of crimes. It’s like a drinking game?

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh yeah?

I'm not a Texan and only have a passing familiarity with him, so all I've really read is the recent articles.

[–] limer@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

I’ve lived in Texas for a while so can’t help but be exposed to more of this horrible person, who has been in office for a very long time.

Easily one of the most corrupt USA politicians ; or at least less careful about his deeds.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago