Lawmakers profit from company with state contracts (AP)

Lawmakers profit from company with state contracts
(AP)

Rep. Ken Paxton, R-McKinney, a member of the House General Investigations Committee, speaks after the committee meeting Thursday, May 22, 2008, in Austin, Texas. WatchGuard CEO Robert Vanman has confirmed that Rep. Paxton is one of three state representatives and a city judge who are part of an 'influential shareholder group' that has invested in the company based in Plano, Texas. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)AP - A company that became a national leader in providing patrol cameras to police was built on the strength of a Texas contract obtained while two state lawmakers were shareholders in the firm — a possible violation of state ethics laws.

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