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Ken Paxton impeachment fight exposes deep fissures among Texas Republicans

As the 88th Legislative Session came to a close, longstanding divisions between traditional conservatives and party’s far right came into focus.

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Paxton Is Burning

Has accountability finally come to Texas?

Texas Observer

God, money and Dairy Queen: How Texas House investigators secured the impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton

The long list of accusations were outlined as part of 20 charges of impeachment adopted by the Texas House.

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Why Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment fight isn't finished yet

The Texas Legislature already made one historic move with the impeachment of Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton

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Fight still ahead for Texas' Ken Paxton after historic impeachment deepens GOP divisions

The historic impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is plunging Republicans into a bruising fight over whether to banish one of their own in America’s biggest red state

The Independent UK

“I’m here to watch history”: Texans marvel at Paxton impeachment spectacle

The suspended attorney general’s supporters thought lawmakers tried to overrule voters. Ken Paxton’s critics felt accountability was a long time coming.

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Gov. Greg Abbott can pick a fill-in attorney general. He’s so far been silent on impeachment.

Abbott himself is a former attorney general, preceding Paxton in the position. The governor has built deep connections in the conservative legal world and is known to lean on former aides for high-profile appointments.

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Texas House impeaches Ken Paxton for abuse of office

Paxton is immediately removed from office, pending a Senate trial.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton impeached, suspended from duties; will face Senate trial

The House voted 121-23 to suspend the attorney general and refer him to the Senate for trial on charges of bribery, abuse of office and obstruction. It was the first such impeachment since 1975.

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Republican-led Texas House impeaches state Attorney General Ken Paxton

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been impeached by fellow Republicans in a historic vote in the Texas House. He will immediately and temporarily be suspended from his duties.

WEKU

Texas GOP attorney general Ken Paxton impeached by Republican-controlled Statehouse

Charlie Geren says members ‘received telephone calls from general Paxton personally, threatening them with political consequences in their next election’

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Donald Trump, Ted Cruz denounce effort to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton

Trump made clear that he will politically target any Texas House Republican who lets the impeachment move forward.

The Texas Tribune

Amid gun carnage, Texas GOP is in chaos

The Lone Star State is the capital of gun violence — instead of doing anything, Republicans are eating their own

Salon

Live updates: Now impeached, Ken Paxton blasts House vote

The vote to adopt the 20 articles of impeachment was 121-23, with three members absent.

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Texas' GOP-held House set for impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Ken Paxton

Texas’ GOP-led House of Representatives is set to hold historic impeachment proceeding against Attorney General Ken Paxton, as the scandal-plagued Republican called on his supporters to protest a vote that could lead to his ouster

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The Texas AG may be impeached by members of his own party. Here are the allegations

Saturday, the Texas House will vote on whether to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton who investigators say allegedly abused his office to help a campaign donor by committing bribery and more.

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Donald Trump Jr., conservative Republicans ride to Ken Paxton’s defense on eve of impeachment vote

Supporters of the attorney general portray Saturday’s impeachment vote as a political witch hunt meant to sideline President Joe Biden’s biggest headache.

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TribCast: Disarray in the Texas GOP

In this week’s episode, we discuss the first impeachment proceedings against a sitting attorney general in Texas history.

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Attorney General Ken Paxton blasts pending impeachment vote, calls for protests

Paxton said House members were showing “contempt for the electoral process” and accused them of sabotaging his work challenging the Biden administration.

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Texas’ extraordinary move to impeach scandal-plagued GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton

After years of legal and ethical scandals swirling around Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state’s GOP-controlled House of Representatives has moved toward an impeachment vote that could quickly throw him from office

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A look at the 20 articles of impeachment against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

Texas’ Republican-controlled House has issued 20 articles of impeachment against GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton, ranging from bribery to abuse of public trust

The Texas Tribune

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott remains silent on potential AG impeachment

A Texas House committee has filed 20 articles of impeachment accusing attorney general of wrongdoing. Republicans’ attempts to remove one of their own sets up a dramatic intraparty showdown in the waning days of the 2023 regular legislative session.

The Texas Tribune

Effort to impeach Ken Paxton, led by fellow Republicans, sets off political earthquake in Texas

Republicans have chosen to remain largely silent during years of alleged misconduct and lawbreaking by the attorney general. Now they will have to take a public stand.

Reason

Today in Supreme Court History: May 26, 1868

5/26/1868: Senate acquitted President Andrew Johnson and adjourned as court of impeachment. Chief Justice Chase presided over that trial. Johnson is one of four presidents that did not appoint any Supreme Court Justices. The others are William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, and Jimmy Carter.

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EXPLAINER: Texas’ extraordinary move to impeach scandal-plagued GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton

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