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About the Attorney General. Ken Paxton is the 51st Attorney General of Texas. He was elected on November 4, 2014, and sworn into office on January 5, 2015. He was re-elected to a second term in 2018 and a third term in 2022. As the state’s top law enforcement officer, Attorney General Paxton leads more than 4,000 employees in 38 divisions ...
May 25, 2023 · Texas House committee issues 20 articles of impeachment against Attorney General Ken Paxton. The attorney general, reelected last year by voters who shrugged off his scandals, is accused of a ...
Sep 2, 2023 · FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton makes a statement at his office, May 26, 2023, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Senate is set to gavel in Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, for the impeachment trial of state Attorney General Ken Paxton, a formal airing of corruption allegations that could lead Republican lawmakers to oust one of their own as lead lawyer for America’s largest red state.(AP Photo ...
Sep 18, 2023 · Ken Paxton, the embattled attorney general of Texas, survived an impeachment vote in the State Senate over the weekend, but the case is far from behind him: The U.S. Justice Department still has ...
Sep 17, 2023 · Ken Paxton returned to the trial Friday for the first time since the opening day and listened to the closing arguments. He was not required to attend the proceedings. THE SENATE JURY. The Texas Constitution set the 31-member Senate as the impeachment trial jury and all were required to attend. But only 30 determined Ken Paxton’s fate.
Sep 17, 2023 · He still faces legal troubles. State Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, wife of suspended Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton, left, embraces defense attorney Tony Buzbee, right, as they celebrate the acquittal of her husband in his impeachment trial in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Austin, Texas.
May 30, 2023 · CNN —. The Texas House’s impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday was the latest in a string of legal woes that began shortly after the Republican was first elected in 2014 ...
