Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Impeached Amidst GOP Divisions and Unfinished Legislative Work.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been impeached on 20 articles, including bribery and abuse of public trust, making him just the third sitting official in Texas’ history to have been impeached. Paxton and his allies, including former President Donald Trump, now wait to fight back in a trial in the state Senate. Final removal of Paxton would require a two-thirds vote in the Senate, where Republican members are generally aligned with the party’s hard right.
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