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The five-member House Committee on General Investigating unanimously agreed to adopt articles of impeachment against Ken Paxton.
A Texas House committee voted Thursday afternoon to draw up articles of impeachment against embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton,The five-member House Committee on General Investigating unanimously agreed to move forward with an effort to remove the Republican attorney general after hearing from investigators Wednesday who alleged that he had broken multiple state laws and misused taxpayer funds, according to the report.
to end a lawsuit brought against him by whistleblowers from his own office who reported him to the feds. They maintain they were fired in retaliation. Paxton has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, although he's been under indictment for securities fraud since 2015 and under federal investigation since 2020.
If a majority of the 149-member House approves the articles before Texas' legislative session ends Monday, the Senate would need to convene a special session to try the case,
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