A Texas judge this week blocked Attorney General Ken Paxton from shutting down Beto O’Rourke’s political group, Powered by People, after Paxton accused the group of improperly funding a Democratic quorum break in the Texas House, reports KERA News.
El Paso judge Annabell Lopez in a Tuesday ruling accused Paxton of “attempting to use the legal system to impinge on Powered by People’s constitutionally protected activity.”
“We took the fight directly to Ken Paxton, and we won,” O’Rourke said in a statement. “We will never stop speaking out, organizing, and fighting for our fellow Texans.”
According to the judge, Paxton admitted he “did not have ‘details’ to support his allegations” against O’Rourke’s group.
Powered by People has donated more than $1 million to Texas Democrats, who left the state for Illinois, California and other Democratic-led states to protest the GOP redistricting that could give Republicans up to five more House seats.
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