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Embattled Texas AG Paxton secretly went on China junket against advice of staff
Paxton's staffers sounded alarms about China trip
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/em...y-china-junket-against-advice-staff-docs-showKen Paxton, the suspended attorney general of Texas, traveled to China with other attorneys general in a secretive
trip that included meetings with government officials and did so against the advice of his staff who expressed worry over
potential Chinese Communist Party influence, according to sources and internal documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
The shadowy trip — facilitated by the Attorney General Alliance (AGA) and Conference of
Western Attorneys General (CWAG) — was a 10-day excursion taking place between Oct. 30, 2019, and Nov. 8, 2019,
and included stops in the Chinese cities of Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Macau, according to an itinerary of the trip
reviewed by Fox News Digital.
"My first thought was this is a terrible decision to have made," said one individual with knowledge of the trip, speaking on
condition of anonymity in order to avoid retribution. "Under no set of circumstances as a U.S. law enforcement official should
you willingly go to China."
Paxton — accompanied on the trip by his wife Angela, a Texas state senator — was not required to report the trip and ultimately
attended against wishes from staffers who raised potential government influence and surveillance concerns, officials familiar with the matter said.