Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Thursday that his office is expanding its investigation into Discord after the suspected assassin of Charlie Kirk used the chat platform on the day of the shooting.

Paxton previously launched an investigation into Discord and other platforms that allegedly violated children’s privacy and safety under a state law, called the Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment Act.

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The newly expanded investigation will now focus on Discord’s proliferation of extremist content, sexual exploitation of minors, the rising trend in extremist shootings, and minors’ addiction to the platform.

“Discord has chosen to allow extremist content, sexual exploitation, and addiction to flourish on its platform,” Paxton said in a statement. “It has a legal obligation to prevent minors from being exposed to these evils, but instead its actions have contributed to the growing wave of nihilistic violence all across our nation.”

Tyler Robinson, suspected of killing Kirk at Utah Valley University last month, reportedly confessed to the crime in a group chat with friends on Discord. Utah officials say he discussed the rifle left at the crime scene and the engraved bullets left from the shooting in the online conversations.

Robinson had allegedly scrawled anti-fascist messaging on the bullet casings. One message read, “Hey fascist! Catch!”

Shortly after the shooting and the suspect’s subsequent arrest, Discord said its internal investigation found no evidence that the suspect used its platform to promote violence or plan the attack.

The FBI is currently investigating the private Discord chat that Robinson used, and by extension, everyone in it. During his congressional hearing last month, FBI Director Kash Patel disclosed there were “a lot more than” 20 people connected to the chat.

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Meanwhile, Paxton said he is “standing shoulder to shoulder” with the Trump administration to combat left-wing extremism and deter future acts of political violence.

The announcement comes days after the Republican attorney general revealed his office is targeting “leftist terror cells” in Texas. The effort follows President Donald Trump’s decision to designate antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.