Republican investigation: Texas AG Paxton likely broke laws ...Plus, Marjorie Taylor Greene elicits peels of laughter with call for House 'decorum'

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was already facing a criminal investigation. A Republican-led investigation in Austin just made matters much worse.

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