Texas Attorney General's wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, was not allowed to vote in her husband's impeachment trial.
for his acquittal on 16 articles of impeachment. He returns to office more than three months after the GOP-controlled House overwhelmingly voted to impeach him on 20 articles in May.who serve alongside his wife—the Senate did not take up four of the articles. The 12 Democratic senators voted to convict on almost every one of the 16 charges considered during the trial.
The impeachment charges centered on allegations that Paxton improperly used the powers of his office to protect political donor and real estate developer Nate Paul, who was indicted in June on federal charges of making false statements to banks. Sen. Angela Paxton walks through the Senate floor during her husband's impeachment trial at the Texas State Capitol on September 16, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted of 16 of the 20 charges against him—four articles were not taken up by senators.
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