The events in question took place at the security checkpoint of a Collin County courthouse. Mr. Joplin had left his Montblanc ...

The saga of a missing $1,000 Montblanc pen has resurfaced in Texas politics, this time in the high-stakes Senate race.

A decade-old courthouse security video showing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pocketing another attorney’s $1,000 Montblanc pen has become an unlikely centerpiece of the state’s high-stakes U.S.

Ken Paxton's long-ago run-in with a pricey writing instrument is suddenly getting top billing in Texas' Senate race. A decade ...

Joe Joplin left his $1,000 pen in a dish near a courthouse metal detector, after which a security camera captured Texas ...

Ken Paxton’s campaign is in a rough stretch, with fire from his own side, questions about his wealth and the return of the ...

James Talarico's new Senate campaign ad revives a 2018 attack on Ken Paxton involving a $1,000 pen, highlighting how both candidates are recycling old controversies.

Back in 2013, Paxton was filmed taking a $1,000 pen that didn’t belong to him and the real owner is still holding a grudge.

James Talarico wins endorsement from Joe Joplin, a Collin County attorney and subject of the story of Ken Paxton's pen-taking ...

In 2014, an attorney at the Collin County Courthouse accused Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of stealing his $1,000 Montblanc pen after he took it out and placed it near a metal detector. Security ...