Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is facing a historic impeachment vote after years of scandal, criminal charges and corruption accusations.
FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas on June 22, 2017. A Republican-led investigative committee on Thursday, May 25, 2023, recommended impeaching Paxton, the states top lawyer. – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton teetered on the brink of impeachment Thursday after years of scandal, criminal charges and corruption accusations that the state's Republican majority had largely met with silence until now.
The move sets set up a remarkably sudden downfall for one of the GOP's most prominent legal combatants, who in 2020. Only two officials in Texas’ nearly 200-year history have been impeached. Two of Paxton’s defense attorneys did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Paxton has suggested that the investigation that came to light to week is a politically motivated attack by a “liberal” Republican House speaker, whom he also accused of being drunk on the job.
Impeachment requires a two-thirds vote of the state's 150-member House chamber, where Republicans hold a commanding 85-64 majority.
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