WatchLive Texas' Republican-led House of Representatives launched historic impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday.
Final removal would require a two-thirds vote in the Senate, where Paxton's wife's, Angela, is a member.
"Free Ken Paxton," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, adding that if House Republicans proceed with the process, "I will fight you." In one sense, Paxton's political peril arrived with dizzying speed: The House committee's investigation of him came to light Tuesday, and by Thursday lawmakers issued 20 articles of impeachment.In 2014, he admitted to violating Texas securities law, and a year later he was indicted on securities fraud charges in his hometown near Dallas, accused of defrauding investors in a tech startup. He pleaded not guilty to two felony counts carrying a potential sentence of five to 99 years.
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