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May 27, 2023 · The House voted 121-23 to suspend the attorney general and refer him to the Senate for trial on charges of bribery, abuse of office and obstruction. It was the first such impeachment since 1975.
- Zach Despart
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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 29, 2023 · Four whistleblowers sued the attorney general’s office in 2020 for wrongful termination and retaliation after they reported Paxton to the FBI, alleging he abused his office to help a friend and donor, Nate Paul.
Sep 3, 2023 · The Senate impeachment trial begins Tuesday for embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton. He is accused of abusing the office he’s held for the past eight years. Here’s what to know about Texas ...
- Eleanor Dearman
Jan 20, 2024 · The city of Fort Worth is suing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to block the release of its police pursuit policy, after multiple news organizations sought to obtain it through open records requests.
May 31, 2023 · Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday appointed Fort Worth lawyer and former Secretary of State John Scott as interim Texas attorney general, temporarily replacing Ken Paxton, who was suspended as attorney general pending the outcome of an impeachment trial in the state Senate.
