Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating Texas Majority Project PAC, a group founded by former staffers of Beto O'Rourke and reportedly funded by billionaire George Soros, over allegations of illegal support for Democratic lawmakers who left Texas to block Republican-backed redistricting legislation.

In a news release Thursday, Paxton announced the investigation into TMP, one day after launching a separate probe into Powered by People, a PAC founded by O'Rourke himself.

Texas Democratic lawmakers broke quorum by leaving the state earlier this week to block a Republican redistricting bill aimed at adding five GOP congressional seats, preventing the House from reaching the required number of members to conduct business and stalling the legislation.

The lawmakers have until Friday to make a quorum in Austin.

Paxton describes TMP as "far-left" network

The Texas AG has claimed that both groups may have violated state laws due to unlawful financial coordination, potential bribery of Democratic legislators who fled Texas to break quorum and illegal fundraising activities.

Paxton described TMP as part of a "radical" and "far-left" network. Paxton issued a "Request to Examine," demanding documents and communications from TMP.

"If Texas lawmakers are bowing to the Soros Slush Fund rather than the will of the voters, Texans deserve to know. Getting financial payouts under the table to abandon your legislative duties is bribery," Paxton said in a news release.

"Texas Majority PAC's actions seem to indicate that it may be using its Soros-funded resources to break the law and fund the illegal abandonment of public office. If that's the case, as determined by this investigation, there will be a heavy price to pay."

TMP calls investigation "baseless"

In a statement, TMP called Paxton's investigation "baseless," noting that he "has been subject to multiple investigations, indicted, and impeached by his own party."

"Ken Paxton — who was impeached for bribery — and Greg Abbott have bent the knee to DC and failed the people of Texas," said TMP Director Katherine Fischer. "This investigation is a sham. We won't back down."