Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday asked a Tarrant County judge to jail former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, in another escalation in Republicans’ broader effort to put an end to Texas Democrats’ ...

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

Motion follows O'Rourke's alleged violation of a temporary restraining order related to fundraising for runaway legislators.