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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...