After years of legal and ethical scandals swirling around Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, why has the Texas GOP-controlled House want to impeach him now?
Paxton's Call for Phelan's Resignation is a ‘Last Ditch Effort to Save Face:' Speaker's OfficeUnder 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.
If the full House impeaches Paxton, everything shifts to the state Senate for a"trial" to decide whether to permanently remove Paxton from office, or acquit him. Removal requires a two-thirds majority vote.But there is a major difference between Texas and the federal system: If the House votes to impeach, Paxton is immediately suspended from office until the outcome of the Senate trial. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott would appoint an interim replacement.
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 approved by the House failed in the Senate, where Republicans had enough votes to block the conviction. Paxton issued a statement Thursday, portraying the impeachment proceedings as an effort to disenfranchise the voters who elected him to a third term in November. He said that by moving against him"the RINOs in the Texas Legislature are now on the same side as Joe Biden."But 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.
But most of the articles stem from Paxton's connections to Paul and a remarkable revolt by the attorney general's top deputies in 2020.
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