Unlike in the House, which overwhelmingly voted to impeach the AG, Saturday's votes in the Senate stuck very closely to the usual partisan lines.
Brandon Bell/Getty Images ended Saturday morning when the suspended Texas attorney general was acquitted on all 16 articles of impeachment. With the vast majority of the votes falling primarily along party lines, the short-lived suspense fizzled out less than halfway through the articles.of closing arguments. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick had instructed the jurors/senators to deliberate until 8 p.m. Friday, and if they had not reached a verdict, to resume on Saturday morning at 9 a.m.
In keeping with a trend that has built up steam during the trial’s run, the votes did not take place at the announced time. At 10:41 a.m., an announcement was made that “a momentary delay” meant the votes would instead occur at 11:10 a.m. A vote was taken on 16 articles drafted by the House managers in May. With 30 senators eligible to vote on the jury, 21 votes were the threshold for conviction on each article of impeachment . Only one conviction was needed to remove Paxton from office immediately. The prosecution faced an uphill battle in persuading several Republican senators to convict.
Although the results fairly suggest Paxton won acquittal easily, most of the articles were split by 14 votes to convict against 16 votes to acquit. But a supermajority of 21 votes was required, and ultimately, none of the totals yielded more than 14 “yay” votes. Dallas Sens. Nathan Johnson and Royce West, both Democrats, voted “yay” to convict on almost all of the articles. Johnson voted “nay’ on article four, regarding “disregard of official duty.
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