Latino advocacy group wants federal investigation of Texas AG over home searches tied to voter fraud probe

(CNN) – A prominent Latino advocacy group asked the U.S. Justice Department on Monday to investigate Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after his office launched a series of raids the group says was at the homes of Democratic activists and leaders on allegations tied to voter fraud.In a letter to the Justice Department’s civil rights division, the president and the CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens requested “immediate action” by the federal agency.“We believe that his conduct constitutes a direct attempt to suppress the Latino vote through intimidation and harassment, in violation of the Voting Rights Act and other federal civil rights law,” LULAC President Roman Palomares and CEO Juan Proaño wrote in the letter.The Justice Department confirmed to CNN it received the letter, but a spokesperson declined to comment further.So far no charges have been filed as a result of last week’s raids. Paxton’s office said search warrants were executed in Frio, Atascosa, and Bexar counties as part of what his office described as an election integrity probe dating back to 2022.In a release last week, the attorney general’s office said its election integrity unit was investigating a referral from Audrey Louis, the district attorney in...