Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife Angela signed mortgage papers inaccurately claiming each of three houses they own as their primary residence, enabling them to obtain special interest rates that experts said will shave “tens of thousands of dollars” from their loan payments, the Associated Press reports. Citing public records, the wire service reports the now-estranged Republican political couple own a $1.5 million residence outside Dallas plus two more dwellings in Austin. The Paxtons “collected an impermissible homestead tax break” on two of the real estate holdings while flouting lending agreements on other properties they own, the story alleges.
