Overview

• Paxton announced on Oct. 7 that his office has begun undercover investigations to identify, investigate, and infiltrate groups he describes as tied to left-wing political violence in Texas.
• He pointed to the Sept. 10 killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and two recent North Texas shootings targeting ICE facilities as the rationale for the operations.
• Paxton said the effort builds on President Trump’s designation of Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and related directives to dismantle illegal operations.
• The attorney general’s office did not disclose which organizations or individuals will be targeted, leaving the scope, methods, and civil-liberties safeguards unclear as Paxton runs for the U.S. Senate.
• Investigators have cited inscribed bullet casings as evidence of motive, including anti-fascist messages tied to the Kirk case and an 'ANTI-ICE' marking reported by the FBI in the Dallas shooting.