Ken Paxton Caught Privately Trashing Trump in Leaked Audio

5 sources · 4 support · 1 contradict

What we can confirm

The claim is supported by contemporaneous reporting from The New York Times and multiple established news outlets. The reported recording captures Ken Paxton saying that Donald Trump's Dallas midterm convention caused Republican candidates' numbers to drop, which reasonably supports the characterization that he privately criticized Trump. Paxton's campaign denied the interpretation, and some reporting notes that parts of the audio are unclear, but this does not outweigh the direct account of the recording and corroboration by other attendees or outlets.