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MAGA Star’s Wife Takes ‘Biblical’ Revenge for Years of Cheating

Texas state Senator Angela Paxton is filing for divorce years after her husband, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, cheated on her with multiple women.

Texas state Senator Angela Paxton admitted that she’s leaving her husband, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, “in light of recent discoveries.”

She announced the divorce on X Thursday years after he reportedly confessed to his staff about an affair he had with another woman and promised to recommit to his wife.

“Today, after 38 years of marriage, I filed for divorce on biblical grounds,” Angela Paxton, 62, posted on X.

The MAGA couple’s marriage survived Ken Paxton’s 2023 impeachment trial over reports of the affair and his subsequent attempts to cover it up.

House impeachment managers argued that he went to potentially criminal lengths to hide the betrayal from both his wife and religious voters. Eventually, the Texas Senate’s Republican majority (which included his wife) cleared him of any wrongdoing.

Paxton’s personal announcement on X was only slightly less vague, noting that the two have “decided to start a new chapter in our lives” due to “the pressures of countless political attacks and public scrutiny.”

“I could not be any more proud or grateful for the incredible family that God has blessed us with, and I remain committed to supporting our amazing children and grandchildren,” he added. “I ask for your prayers and privacy at this time.”

Angela Paxton was elected to the Texas Senate in Nov. 2018 and represents District 8. She was a secondary math teacher and a school counselor for more than 20 years.

“I believe marriage is a sacred covenant and I have earnestly pursued reconciliation,” she posted on X. “But in light of recent discoveries, I do not believe that it honors God or is loving to myself, my children, or Ken to remain in the marriage.”

The Paxtons have four children and five grandchildren.

Her faith was first tested during her husband’s impeachment proceedings, when his former Chief of Staff Katherine Cary warned that his affair could introduce political and legal consequences.

Paxton allegedly abused his office to help real estate investor Nate Paul’s fast-approaching bankruptcies, piling lawsuits, and crumbling businesses amid a FBI raid. In exchange for the favor, Paul, a prominent campaign donor, reportedly hired Paxton’s girlfriend to his team so that she could relocate to Austin and secretly meet up with Paxton through a private Uber account. Paxton and Paul shared the Uber account, which was under the fake name “Dave P.”

“He knows that with his folks, he is ‘family values,’” Rep. Ann Johnson, a Democrat who served on the committee that investigated Paxton, said before his trial. “He is a Christian man. And the idea of the exposure of the affair will risk him with his base.”

During the two-week trial, Paxton’s former top deputies, all of whom he hired, testified that he abused his power to help Paul and himself at the public’s expense.

Paxton reportedly confessed and recommitted to his wife in 2018, but he never actually ended the affair. His alleged girlfriend moved to Austin in June 2020 for a job with Paul’s company. Her annual salary was $65,000 and she reported directly to Paul.

Paxton routinely went out of his way to help Paul, deputies added, and he told staff not to assist any law enforcement investigating Paul. He even hired an attorney to investigate Paul’s adversaries.

Throughout the summer, Paxton used his and Paul’s shared Uber account to visit the woman’s apartment in Austin dozens of times. By fall 2020, Paxton’s deputies had grown suspicious enough that they reported him to law enforcement, and at 10:39 p.m. the next day, he took his final Uber ride to visit the unnamed woman.

The staunch Christian and his wife stayed together for five more years. Some claim that Angela Paxton even knew about his lover.

One deputy claimed that she and the alleged girlfriend had a “verbal confrontation” in a cafe at the Texas Capitol.

Angela Paxton was present at trial but barred for voting.

“I move forward with complete confidence that God is always working everything together for the good of those who love Him and who are called according to His purpose,” she wrote on X Thursday.

Paxton is currently challenging incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate.

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