The Texas House of Representatives has voted to impeach scandal-plagued Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, triggering his immediate suspension from duties and setting up a trial that could permanently remove the state’s top lawyer from office.
Texas Attorney General called for support ahead of an impeachment vote that will be held on Saturday by the Texas House of Representatives. Texas Attorney General called for support ahead of an impeachment vote that will be held on Saturday by the Texas House of Representatives.
Before the vote, Paxton, 60, decried what he called “political theater” based on “hearsay and gossip, parroting long-disproven claims,” and said it’s an attempt to disenfranchise voters who reelected him in November. It’s unclear where the attorney general was Saturday, but during the House proceeding he was sharing statements from supporters on Twitter.
Lawmakers allied with Paxton tried to discredit the investigation by noting that hired investigators, not panel members, interviewed witnesses. They also said several of the investigators had voted in Democratic primaries, tainting the impeachment, and that they had too little time to review evidence.
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