Texas AG Ken Paxton's impeachment trial begins with a former ally who reported him to the FBI
The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is underway with live television coverage, a former aide who reported him to the FBI on the witness stand and his wife watching from her desk in the state Senate but prohibited from participating. Facing the gravest threat yet to his political future, Paxton left the start of the proceedings early and cannot be compelled to testify over accusations of corruption that have dogged one of Texas’ most powerful figures for years. The trial could last weeks and is beginning with testimony from Paxton’s former second-in-comman...