The House has set a Saturday vote to consider impeaching Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and suspending him from office over allegations of bribery, unfitness for office and abuse of public trust.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton invites supporters to rally at state Capitol to protest vote to impeachThank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton makes a statement at his office in Austin, Texas, Friday, May 26, 2023. An investigating committee says the Texas House of Representatives will vote Saturday on whether to impeach Paxton.
If impeached, Paxton would be suspended from office immediately and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott could appoint an interim replacement. The attorney general would be just the third person in the state’s nearly 200-year history to be impeached and the first statewide officer since former Gov. James “Pa” Ferguson in 1917.
“It is based on allegations already litigated by voters, led by a liberal speaker trying to undermine his conservative adversaries,” Rinaldi said, echoing Paxton’s criticism of Republican House Speaker Dade Phelan. He said the Senate will have to “restore sanity and reason” by acquitting Paxton at trial.
Paxton has been under FBI investigation for years over accusations that he used his office to help a donor. He was separately indicted on securities fraud charges in 2015, but has yet to stand trial. In one sense, Paxton’s political peril arrived with dizzying speed: The House committee investigation came to light Tuesday, followed the next day by an extraordinary public airing of his alleged criminal acts.In 2014, he admitted to violating Texas securities law over not registering as an investment advisor while soliciting clients.
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