The Texas House, controlled by Paxton's fellow Republicans, voted 121-23 in May to impeach him. He has since been suspended from office.
The Texas Senate is deliberating 16 articles of impeachment against state Attorney General Ken Paxton after a two-week trial.
Paxton, a Republican and star of the conservatives legal movement, was suspended from office in May when the GOP-controlled House voted 121-23 to impeach him on 20 articles that include bribery and abuse of public trust. Most of the articles deal with Paxton using his office to benefit a wealthy donor, Nate Paul, prompting eight of the attorney general’s top deputies to report him to the FBI in 2020.
The Senate did not take up four of the articles. Three of those date back to Paxton’s pending felony securities-fraud case, including lying to state investigators. The other is related to Paxton’s ethics filings in the impeachment trial. Paxton — who made a career of suing the Obama and Biden administrations, observed the Texas Tribune, including an improbable bid in late 2020 to have the U.S. Supreme Court nullify presidential election outcomes in swing states Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — would be permanently removed from office if he is convicted of any of the articles.Following is a look at the 16 articles the Senate is considering and the four that it set aside.
The four articles of impeachment not addressed by the Texas Senate Four impeachment articles that the Senate did not take up during the impeachment trial:Paxton is accused of abusing the process to thwart justice in the securities fraud case against him. It is alleged that Paxton concealed facts from voters with protracted delay of that trial, preventing voters from making an informed decision about his election.
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