Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose impeachment trial kicked off last week, has repeatedly tied his fate to that of another famously embattled figure in Republican politics: former President Donald Trump. In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Paxton involved himself in the sprawling scheme to overturn its results by petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to block President Joe Biden’s victory over Trump. During twice-indicted Paxton’s most recent reelection campaign, in 2022, Trum