"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Faces Impeachment Recommendation and Allegations of Misconduct"

A Republican-led committee of the Texas House of Representatives has recommended the impeachment of the state's attorney general, Ken Paxton, for a range of abuses of his office that may have been crimes. If impeached, Paxton would be required to step down from his post temporarily while facing trial in the State Senate. The recommendation sets the stage for the House to hold a vote on impeachment, its first in decades and one of the few ever conducted in the state's history. The misdeeds Paxton was accused of committing rose to the level of possible criminality, including instances of retaliation against people who spoke up.