The move Saturday triggers his immediate suspension and sets up a trial in the state Senate that could permanently remove Texas’ top lawyer from office.
Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton, center, flanked by his staff, makes a statement at his office in Austin, Texas, Friday, May 26, 2023. An investigating committee says the Texas House of Representatives will vote Saturday on whether to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton.
“No one person should be above the law, least not the top law enforcement officer of the state of Texas,” Rep. David Spiller, a Republican member of the committee that investigated Paxton, said in opening statements. Rep. Ann Johnson, a Democratic member, told lawmakers that Texas’ “top cop is on the take.” Rep. Charlie Geren, a Republican committee member, said without elaborating that Paxton had called lawmakers and threatened them with political “consequences.
“I perceive it could be political weaponization,” said Rep. Tony Tinderholt, one of the House’s most conservative members. Republican Rep. John Smithee compared the proceeding to “a Saturday mob out for an afternoon lynching.”
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GOP-controlled Texas House votes to impeach Republican Attorney General Ken PaxtonThe Texas House of Representatives has voted to impeach scandal-plagued Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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GOP-controlled Texas House votes to impeach Republican Attorney General Ken PaxtonThe Texas House of Representatives has voted to impeach scandal-plagued Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton. The move Saturday triggers his immediate suspension and sets up a trial in the state Senate that could permanently remove Texas’ top lawyer from office. The historic vote came after a monthslong House investigation into the three-term attorney general that resulted in 20 charges alleging sweeping abuses of power, including obstruction of justice, bribery and abuse of public trust.
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GOP-controlled Texas House votes to impeach Republican Attorney General Ken PaxtonThe Texas House of Representatives has voted to impeach scandal-plagued Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton
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GOP-controlled Texas House votes to impeach Republican Attorney General Ken PaxtonThe Texas House of Representatives has voted to impeach scandal-plagued Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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