The Texas Attorney General's office has 750 attorneys, 4,000 employees, and a billion dollar a year budget.
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The Benny ShowOct 26, 2026
The sources support the attorney and employee counts as of the claim date (nearly 750 attorneys and more than 4,000 employees, per the Texas AG's own site, published 2026-10-02).
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… That's insane, right? That's ridiculous. Uh, but look, we know the left, what they would do if they got a hold of the Texas AG's Office. They would turn all 750 attorneys, all 4,000 employees, about a billion dollar a year budget, into a mini Obama-Biden Department of Justice to attack and to destroy Texas from within. But we will not let them. We will win on November the third, and there are more Republican voters in Texas than there are Democrats. It's just a matter of turnout. …
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Contradicts. The Legislative Budget Board's summary for the AG's office shows all-funds totals of $1,578,071,681 for 2024-25 and a recommended $1,414,108,051 for 2026-27, a biennium. That works out to roughly $700-800 million per year, well short of the claimed billion dollars a year.[2]
Supports. The Texas AG's official 'About the Attorney General' page states the office has nearly 750 attorneys and more than 4,000 employees, matching the claimed headcounts.[3]
Supports. An AP report from 2026-10-01 quotes the AG's office saying Paxton leads an agency of more than 4,000 employees, consistent with the employee figure.[1]
Context. The Texas Tribune (2025) describes the office as having more than 700 attorneys, which is consistent with the roughly 750 figure and does not conflict with it.[4]
Sources
4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 1 not rated
- 1Inside Ken Paxton's jet-setting lifestyle: California wineries ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2[PDF] Office of the Attorney General - Legislative Budget Boardlbb.texas.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 3About the Attorney General | Office of the ...texasattorneygeneral.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is handing more of his ...texastribune.org · not rated · cited for: context
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