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Ken Paxton Admits Team Trump Controls His Campaign in Leaked Audio

In a leaked audio recording, Texas Attorney General and Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton lamented that he isn’t in control of his own campaign. At a fundraiser in September, Paxton spoke candidly about his flailing campaign, according to the recording shared with Politico and published Monday. “I’ve never been in a race where I felt less control over…

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