"[H]e still thinks he’s above the law, so I’m working to put him behind bars," the Texas attorney general said.

Tarrant County District Judge Megan Fahey said she has not had a chance to read relevant court filings made in the middle of the night.

Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked a Texas district court judge to jail former Rep. Beto O’Rourke over his fundraising pitches connected to the state’s intensifying redistricting battle. Paxton’s request accused the Texas Democrat of violating a court order that the judge,