The Texas House impeached Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday over allegations of bribery, unfitness for office and abuse of public trust.
industry, anti-gun zealots and woke corporations.” Phelan was among those voting to impeach.
Paxton’s permanent removal would require a two-thirds vote by the Senate’s 19 Republicans and dozen Democrats. Paxton’s wife, Angela, is a Republican senator entitled to vote. So is Sen. Bryan Hughes , a Patrick lieutenant mentioned in the House articles of impeachment as having aided Paxton. Patrick has not said how he plans to handle those potential conflicts of interest. Both he and Abbott have remained conspicuously silent during Paxton’s impeachment investigation.
“So this is the RINO who is responsible for the impeachment of a just re-elected Attorney General of Texas who has done an outstanding job? What is our Country coming to?” Trump wrote.“The evidence is substantial. It is alarming and unnerving,” said Rep. Andrew Murr , who chaired the committee that recommended Paxton’s impeachment.
Democrat, Rep. Harold Dutton, did not vote on impeachment because he said the investigation was “abbreviated to the point it encroaches on due process.”“This process is indefensible,” said Rep. John Smithee , a veteran legislator and lawyer, noting that Paxton was not allowed to defend himself before the committee or to cross examine witnesses. He called the findings “hearsay.”
Across Texas, Republicans and observers were struck by the speed at which the previously powerful official suffered a dire threat to his career.
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