Media World Floored By WSJ’s Ken Paxton Dubai Party Bombshell: ‘Whoa Wow Oy!’ 2026

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The media world reacted with a mixture of disbelief and mockery to a new bombshell report that Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton spent New Year’s Eve partying in Dubai with two men who were fugitives from U.S. justice, including one who had poured $190,000 into his political operation.

Extraordinary video of the alleged trip landed in a Monday report from The Wall Street Journal examining Paxton’s conduct throughout his tumultuous race against Texas Senate campaign battles Democrat James Talarico.

According to the newspaper, Paxton attended a luxury New Year’s Eve celebration in Dubai on Dec. 31, 2024, alongside extramarital girlfriend Tracy Duhon, and Americans Anosh Ahmed and Sameer Suhail.

Both men had already been indicted in a federal health-care fraud case and had not returned to the United States to face the charges at the time of the gathering. Ahmed, a former Chicago hospital executive, was also charged separately in an alleged fraud scheme involving at least $195 million in government payments for bogus Covid-19 tests.

Campaign records reviewed by The Journal showed Ahmed gave Paxton $190,000, including a $25,000 contribution made just days after his indictment. Footage reviewed and published by the newspaper showed Paxton and Duhon watching fireworks over the Burj Khalifa alongside the group.

Ahmed and Suhail have since returned to the United States to face prosecution. Ahmed has pleaded not guilty to the additional charges and remains in custody.

Paxton adviser Nick Maddux did not directly address the Dubai gathering when approached by The Journal, instead complaining the candidate had been “politically persecuted for years.”

The rebuttal, however, did nothing to tamp down reactions to the report, which rapidly ricocheted through political media:

The Bulwark managing editor Sam Stein added the story to his “bingo card of Ken Paxton scandals”:

This is like a bingo card of Ken Paxton scandals:

A New Year’s party in Dubai
Hanging with U.S. fugitives
Fraudsters who donated to his campaign
Being caught with his girlfriend…
On tapehttps://t.co/v7C3Z3pYws

— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 13, 2026

New York Times reporter Glenn Thrush replied simply: “Whoa wow oy!”

Whoa wow oy https://t.co/sUWt99wY04

— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) October 13, 2026

Jessica Tarlov, Fox News liberal pundit on The Five, alluded to Paxton’s previously reported trip to London over July 4th:

If you thought being caught in London for the 4th of July was bad… https://t.co/wzHhuOTnFt

— Jessica Tarlov (@JessicaTarlov) October 13, 2026

Others were quick to join in, stunned by the revelation:

Remember, it’s not that Paxton is a bad and lazy candidate, serial adulterer, and corrupt crook. It’s not that he was partying in Dubai with donors who were also fugitives. It’s that you won’t support him that’s to blame for the state of his campaign. https://t.co/4SAq7RYnlm

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) October 13, 2026

The shadiness and criminality never ends with this guy. pic.twitter.com/zKEBDbQaY5

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 13, 2026

WSJ reports Texas’ top law enforcement official and now Senate candidate Ken Paxton spent a New Year’s Eve in Dubai partying with two fugitives who had been indicted on charges of massive health care fraud schemes. One of them was a major Paxton donor. https://t.co/uEi2xB10nn

— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) October 13, 2026

MAGA influencers had a meltdown over a fake Talarico “scandal” but will be completely silent over this very real Ken Paxton one. https://t.co/jRjIBQS49F

— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) October 13, 2026

When Texas Rs complained that Cornyn was too deep in the “DC swamp,” maybe they meant that he was too parochial and there were bigger, murkier swamps out there to become mired in. https://t.co/pB0nWyn9lM

— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) October 13, 2026

I mean, who hasn’t partied in Dubai with two fugitives from justice, one of whom contributed $190,000 to your campaign and has been charged with healthcare fraud involving at least $195 million… https://t.co/zWKEkefa2v https://t.co/JP4sQH6FuZ

— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) October 13, 2026

and we’re talking about his opponent having the flu https://t.co/ZWYqNOx28c

— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) October 13, 2026

There are really bad campaigns…and then there is Ken Paxton. Incredible, groundbreaking stuff from this guy. https://t.co/lUgYwnXce8

— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) October 13, 2026

WSJ reporters crushing the corruption beat lately https://t.co/x6p0ULLoc2

— Marc Polymeropoulos (@Mpolymer) October 13, 2026

Somehow the shoes aren’t even done dropping for Ken Paxton.

This story about him partying in Dubai with two federally wanted fugitives is completely insane.

No wonder right-wing influencers were working around the clock desperately trying to manufacture a fake story about James…

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) October 13, 2026

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