The Texas House Has Voted to Impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton now will be suspended from his duties, pending a trial in the Texas Senate.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton now will be suspended from his duties, pending a trial in the Texas Senate.
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.
Hstoric vote came after a monthslong investigation that resulted in 20 charges alleging sweeping abuses of power
The 121-23 vote included overwhelming Republican support.
Texas’ Republican-led House of Representatives impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday on articles including bribery and abuse of public trust, a sudden, historic rebuke of a GOP official who rose to be a star of the conservative legal movement despite years of scandal and alleged crimes.