Occasions that he was about to violate the law. over the holiday weekend, kim paxson was perhaps the most notorious state attorney general in the nation was impeached. it was done by his own party, the texas state house. for anyone who has followed his career, it has been a long time coming. i mean, paxton is basically an ethical train wreck. he s been under indictment for felonies securities fraud, for eight years. nearly three years ago, seven top aides and deputy 80s accuse bots of bribery and abuse of office. he also fired several of them. they filed a whistleblower lawsuit that include accusations of loving a campaign donor and renovation of paxson s home. but ken paxson s way of protecting himself is basically the same as donald trump s, which is, i m taking on the lips, so i am your hero. and so, he tried to rally his allies ahead of the impeachment vote. ted cruz called the whole thing a travesty and not under the dump donald trump called to free can paxton. but it did not work. part of the reason it didn t work is because the story
Vote on his state is paxton s own wife angela. here to break it down for, us 20 penske. investigative reporter at the austin american statesman. tony, this is a wow. you are one of the first to report on these accusations from his own aides three years ago. how did we get from here to there? it has been a long and winding road of course, as it often is here in texas politics. but essentially, those whistleblowers made the allegations back in the fall of 2020. they went to the fbi and said that we believe our boss, the attorney general of texas, is committing a number of federal and state crimes and should be investigated. at the same time, they also filed a whistleblower lawsuit against paxton. claiming that there was retaliation. in terms of losing their jobs. and the lawsuit has been winding its way through the court system.
Committing a number of federal and state crimes and should be investigated. at the same time, they also filed a whistleblower lawsuit against paxton. claiming that there was retaliation. in terms of losing their jobs. and the lawsuit has been winding its way through the court system. earlier this year, those whistleblowers and paxton reached a tentative 3. 3 million dollar settlement. at which time paxton then went to state lawmakers who were convened for the legislative session and asked for taxpayer money to fund the settlement. at the point lawmaker said we ve got to fully and broadly understand what is going on here. so they did their own investigation and as a result of the investigation, brought forward those 20 articles of impeachment late last week. is that why so many republicans are turning on him now?
Advise him on multiple occasions that he was about to violate the law. over the holiday weekend, kim paxson was perhaps the most notorious state attorney general in the nation was impeached. it was done by his own party, the texas state house. for anyone who has followed his career, it has been a long time coming. i mean, paxton is basically an ethical train wreck. he s been under indictment for felonies securities fraud, for eight years. nearly three years ago, seven top aides and deputy 80s accuse bots of bribery and abuse of office. he also fired several of them. they filed a whistleblower lawsuit that include accusations of loving a campaign donor and renovation of paxson s home. but ken paxson s way of protecting himself is basically the same as donald trump s, which is, i m taking on the lips, so i am your hero. and so, he tried to rally his allies ahead of the impeachment vote. ted cruz called the whole thing a travesty and not under the
But it s clear he s not going to go quietly. deliver the articles reporter: a history-making impeachment trial is going forward in the texas state senate. i m directed by the house of representatives to present to the senate the articles of impeachment preferred against warren kenneth paxton jr., attorney general of the state of texas. reporter: the house delivered 20 articles of impeachment to the state senate monday evening. ten of the 20 articles stem from a whistleblower lawsuit filed by four now fired top staffers for the attorney general. that suit was settled for $3.3 million and state investigative committee investigation followed. paxton faces allegations of bribery, abuse of public trust, conspiracy, termination of whistleblowers, misuse of official information and obstruction of justice among other charges. the trial will start by august 28th and be presided over by the lieutenant governor dan patrick. this is about facts. this is about evidence. and at the end of the day, my
Number of crimes, federal crimes in his relationship with a wealthy austin investor. according to them, the attorney general was taking steps to benefit that investor, who was under investigation himself by the fbi at that time. they subsequently filed a lawsuit, a whistleblower lawsuit. that suit has been winding its way through the court over the past couple of years. but what really triggered this momentum for impeachment over the past week is that a house investigating committee has been examining whether or not lawmakers should pay a $3.3 million settlement paxton reached with those whistleblowers earlier this year. they determined that they needed to look at all of the information, all of the evidence in this case, and once they did that, they brought forward those 20 articles of impeachment.
Republicans. let me start with what we re expecting in the next few hours. the 20 articles of impeachment are expected to go before the full texas house of representatives at about 1:00 p.m. local time. we re expecting about four hours of debate and a single majority is required for the articles to pass. there s 149 serving members right now, so a simple majority would be 75. you re probably wondering how are we even here. let me give you the back story. earlier this week there was explosive and stunning testimony before the texas house general investigating committee describing years of alleged wrongdoing by texas attorney general ken paxton related to a donor and related to a whistleblower lawsuit that ken paxton settled back in february for $3.3 million, obligating the texas taxpayer to pay that money. well, the texas house speaker,
Damning testimony from attorneys that investigated texas attorney general ken paxton for the past few months. and these were allegations of misconduct that benefitted a donor in relation to a whistleblower lawsuit that ken paxton settled back in february for $3.3 million, obligating the t texas taxpayer to pay. here is where things get a little ugly between the factions of the republican party and the state of texas. the texas house speaker, dade phelan has maintained that the taxpayer should not be paying without a proper investigation. now, those individuals, those republicans that are a part of this general investigating committee, they issued a memo yesterday, and here is what it says in part. it says, paxton and his office