Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was recently acquitted by the state Senate on 16 articles of impeachment, but he still has multiple legal battles ahead
October 2, 2023, 5:13 PMTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks ahead of a rally held by former President Donald Trump, in Robstown, Texas, Oct. 22, 2022.on 16 articles of impeachmentPaxton has been under an ongoing federal investigation in Texas since the fall of 2020, when the FBI began to probe allegations of abuse of office and misconduct brought by a group of whistleblowing former employees.
No charges have been filed against Paxton in the federal probe, and the Department of Justice announced in February that its Public Integrity Section would be taking over what was originally a state-led case."Every allegation is easily disproved, and I look forward to continuing my fight for conservative Texas values," he said in a statement issued in May, days before the State House of Representatives adopted 20 articles of impeachment against him.
He is being accused of defrauding investors by encouraging them to fund a tech startup that he was, unbeknownst to them, being paid to promote. He has pleaded not guilty. The securities fraud trial was most recently delayed due to the Senate impeachment trial but a new date is expected to be set during a scheduled Oct. 6 hearing.
Whistleblower and former deputy attorney general Mark Penley testifies during day 5 of Texas' former Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment trial in the Texas Senate, Sept. 11, 2023.Paxton previously called the whistleblowers "rogue employees" and dismissed what he has characterized as their "false allegations." Paxton hired an outside law firm which produced what his office called in a May press release "a report that documents the ...
Paxton's team did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment on Monday on the suit and he hasn't addressed the lifting of the abatement.
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