Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume called out Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday night for being guilty of the same infraction that President Donald Trump used to fire Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook.
The Associated Press reported last month that Paxton, who is currently running a primary challenge against Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), owns three houses, each of which he claims as his primary residence.
From the report:
Mortgages signed by the Paxtons contained inaccurate statements declaring that each of those three houses was their primary residence, enabling the now-estranged couple to improperly lock in low interest rates, according to an Associated Press review of public records. The lower rates will save the Paxtons tens of thousands of dollars in payments over the life of the loan, legal experts say.
The records also revealed that the Paxtons routinely flouted lending agreements on some of their other properties.
Trump announced earlier this week that he was removing Cook from her post, “effective immediately,” over allegations of a similar infraction.
“You signed one document attesting that a property in Michigan would be your primary residence for the next year. Two weeks later, you signed another document for a property in Georgia stating that it would be your primary residence for the next year. It is inconceivable that you were not aware of your first commitment when making the second. It is impossible that you intended to honor both,” read the letter Trump addressed to Cook, but posted publicly on Truth Social. Cook has filed a lawsuit challenging her dismissal.
On Thursday, Hume noted the disparity in outrage over Paxton and Cook’s actions.
“This is the same thing Fed Governor Lisa Cook did,” he wrote on X. “It will be interesting to see how those saying she deserved to be fired react to this news.”
Trump has not yet made an endorsement in the Paxton-Cornyn race. He told reporters earlier this week that “I like them both. The worst situation I have is when I have two people that I get along with, well, I hate it, and they all want the endorsement … I’d rather not comment on it right now. I like both guys. They’re both friends of mine and they’re both good and very different.”