Texas AG Ken Paxton faces other legal troubles after being acquitted in impeachment
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was recently acquitted by the state Senate on 16 articles of impeachment, but he still has multiple legal battles ahead Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was recently acquitted by the state Senate on 16 articles of impeachment , but the state's top lawyer still has multiple legal battles ahead. Paxton has been under an ongoing federal investigation in Texas since the fall of 2020, when the FBI began to probe allegations of abuse of office and misconduct brought by a group of whistleblowing former employees. Many of those claims, which Paxton adamantly denies, were also the focus of the impeachment proceedings. While a majority of the state House backed the articles of impeachment against Paxton, including many of his fellow Republicans, he was ultimately acquitted by the state Senate's Republican majority. State House Speaker Dade Phelan, a fellow Republican, said in a statement after Paxton's acquittal that there had been "more ...