Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has increasingly used consumer protection laws, originally intended to protect against fraudulent or deceptive practices, to target entities he politically disagrees with. Over the past 2 years, Paxton has invoked these laws more than 12 times to investigate organizations such as hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, LGBTQ+ groups, and entities offering shelter to immigrants or providing health care to transgender teens. This trend of attorneys general leveraging their power to pursue politically motivated investigations is becoming more common, with Paxton being one of the most aggressive in this approach. Among the organizations targeted by Paxton are Annunciation House, PFLAG Inc., QueerMed, Media Matters for America, Yelp, and GoFundMe.