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Story by The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Editorial Board. • 27m • 4 min read. Attorney General Ken Paxton is once again acting like a man who knows he’s in trouble. And he is once again willing ...
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- The Process
- A Sudden Threat
- Republican on Republican
- The Marriage Wrinkle
- Years in The Making
- Texas History
Under the Texas Constitution and law, impeaching a state official is similar to the process on the federal level: The action starts in the state House. In this case the five-member House General Investigating Committee voted unanimously Thursday to send 20 articles of impeachmentto the full, 149-member chamber. Paxton faced grim legislative math. J...
There is a major difference between Texas and the federal system: impeachment means Paxton is immediately suspendedfrom office until the outcome of the Senate trial. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott would appoint an interim replacement. The GOP in Texas controls every branch of state government. Republican lawmakers and leaders alike have until this wee...
The five-member committee that mounted the investigation of Paxton is led by his fellow Republicans, contrasting America’s most prominent recent examples of impeachment. Trump’s federal impeachments in 2020 and 2021 were driven by Democrats who had majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives. In both cases, the impeachment charges approve...
Paxton, who served five terms in the House and one in the Senate before becoming attorney general, is sure to still have allies in Austin. One is his wife, Angela, a two-term state senator who could be in the awkward position of voting on her husband’s political future. It’s unclear whether she would or should participate in the Senate trial, where...
The impeachment reaches back to 2015, when Paxton was indicted on securities fraud chargesfor which he still has not stood trial. The lawmakers charged Paxton with making false statements to state securities regulators. But most of the articles stem from Paxton’s connections to Paul and a remarkable revolt by the attorney general’s top deputies in ...
Paxton was already likely to be noted in history books for his unprecedented request that the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Biden’s defeat of Trump in the 2020 presidential election. Now he is making history in another way. Only twice before has the Texas House impeached a sitting official. Gov. James “Pa” Ferguson was removed from office in 1917 for...
Sep 16, 2023 · Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been acquitted of all charges at his impeachment trial. The verdict Saturday reaffirmed Paxton’s durability in America’s biggest red state.
May 28, 2023 · Ken Paxton, the firebrand Republican Texas attorney general, was temporarily thrown out of office on Saturday by House lawmakers — many from his own party — who voted to impeach him over a...
Sep 16, 2023 · The attorney general faced 16 articles of impeachment alleging corruption and bribery, but only two Republican senators voted to convict him. Paxton, who attended only two days of the trial, denied any wrongdoing and blamed the House for a political witch hunt.
May 28, 2023 · The Texas House of Representatives has voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, an unprecedented move following a legislative probe that faulted the third-term Republican for a yearslong...
Sep 16, 2023 · Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted Saturday in an impeachment trial before the state Senate. He was accused of abusing his office to protect a political donor. Paxton has been...
