The embattled Texas attorney general is facing accusations of misconduct and abuse of power. The Texas state House voted to impeach Paxton in May.
and at least nine GOP lawmakerswould have to vote to impeach Paxton to remove him from office.
The exterior of the Texas State Capitol is seen on Tuesday in Austin, Texas, as state Attorney General Ken Paxton faces Day One of his Senate impeachment trial.The Senate heard the first round of testimony from Jeff Mateer, Paxton's former second-in-command who resigned in October 2020 after publicly accusing the attorney general of misconduct and abuse of office.
"General Paxton has some wonderful qualities, but he is not a litigator," Mateer said during his testimony, according to reporting from KWES."It made absolutely no sense [for him to argue in the case]." "It was very troubling to me that the attorney general would be willing to appear in Travis County District Court," Mateer said."I was very concerned why he would want to do that."Prosecutors also used Mateer's testimony as an attempt to discredit accusations that the charges against Paxton—a conservative—were in any way political motivated.
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