Texas AG investigating weightlifting competition that saw trans athlete compete against women

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EXCLUSIVE: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that it will be investigating a recent weightlifting competition that saw a biological male compete against women. 

Trans athlete Jammie Booker initially won the 2025 World’s Strongest Woman in Arlington, Texas, over the weekend, prompting female competitor Andrea Thompson, who finished second, to step down from the podium in protest. The Official Strongman organization later announced that Booker would be "disqualified," giving Thompson first place. 

Still, Paxton is now cracking down. 

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Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general, during the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024.  (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"Attorney General Paxton will not allow the radical left to sacrifice the integrity of girls' sports on the altar of their delusional transgender agenda. The OAG is investigating this incident and will take any and all actions to protect women's sports both in Texas and across the nation," Paxton's office said in a statement.

Paxton has previously filed a lawsuit against U.S. Masters Swimming for allowing trans athletes to compete in a competition in San Antonio earlier this year. 

A YouTube video from what appears to be Booker's own channel, dating back to 2017, shows Booker claiming to be "trans." 

According to Strongman Archives, Booker had not competed in women's events prior to this past June. It is unclear whether Booker had