Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that he opened an investigation into Media Matters for alleged fraudulent activity.
The investigation comes soon after X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, launched a defamation suit against the group after it claimed the site displayed ads next to far-right figures. Paxton said he launched the investigation after he heard of the suit against the “radical anti-free speech organization.”
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“We are examining the issue closely to ensure that the public has not been deceived by the schemes of radical left-wing organizations who would like nothing more than to limit freedom by reducing participation in the public square,” Paxton said in a statement.
Media Matters is being prosecuted under the Texas Business Organizations Code and the Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
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X owner Elon Musk touted the lawsuit in a post on the platform shortly after Paxton’s announcement.
“Fraud has both civil and criminal penalties,” he said.
