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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached on May 27, becoming the state's first statewide official to be impeached since 1917 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached on May 27, becoming the state's first statewide official to be impeached since 1917. The proceedings were sparked by claims from former employees in Paxton's office that he was misusing his power to aid a friend and donor. The impeach ment also underlines the co NFL ict between Paxton and a number of other Republicans, many of whom voted in the state House for his impeach ment. In a defiant statement last month, Paxton called the proceedings "unjust" and a partisan "sham," labeling the state House Speaker Dade Phelan a traitor. Phelan, for his part, has defended the process. "What happened this week is nothing I take pride in. It is not anything I was proud of. But it was necessary," he said before the impeachment vote. Who is Ken Paxton? Paxton was suspended while ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment trial begins Tuesday in Austin after he was accused of abuse of office, which he denise On Tuesday in Austin, on the tail end of a blazing Texas summer, subpoenaed witnesses, dozens of senators and a significant gaggle of reporters and citizens alike are queuing up to enter the state Capitol for the first day of a historic impeachment trial that will determine the fate of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton -- the state's top lawyer, who has long fended off other Scandal s -- has been accused of abuse of office by a bipartisan group of Texas House managers. They recently submitted nearly 4,000 pages of documents as evidence of claims that Paxton misused his position in a mutually beneficial relationship with campaign donor and real estate investor Natin "Nate" Paul. The case was overwhelmingly backed by members of the state House, including most of the chamber's Republican majority. The state House impeac...

ABC News is breaking down all of the layers in the impeachment inquiry ordered by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and what has happened during inquiries in the past. Speaker Kevin McCarthy has announced he was ordering House Republicans to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, alleging a "culture of corruption" involving him and his family. McCarthy had signaled the impeachment inquiry for weeks, but his announcement Tuesday comes at a time when he is facing mounting pressure from GOP hard-liners, who threaten to oust him if he doesn't follow through on a Biden impeachment. While Democrats claim the effort is "extremist," McCarthy claims the move is not political but aimed instead at getting "answers" the American people deserve. MORE: McCarthy orders impeachment inquiry into Biden amid pressure from hard-liners The White House is adamant that the president did nothing wrong, and that there is no evidence to suggest otherwise after an investi...

A closer look at some of the specific allegations levied by House Republicans in their impeachment inquiry against President Biden. House Republicans on Thursday, in their first impeachment inquiry hearing, are set to reexamine information they say they've gathered so far in their investigations into President Joe Biden and his family's business dealings. "House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden's conduct," House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said when ordering the inquiry earlier this month. "These are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction, and corruption." Among their claims, which have yet to be supported by direct evidence, is that President Biden was involved in or personally profited from his family's foreign business dealings, or that he improperly influenced policy based on them during his time as vice president. Here's a closer look at some of the specific allegations levied against Presid...