The House Committee on General Investigating filed 20 articles of impeachment Thursday evening. Those charges include disregard of official duty, bribery, obstruction of justice, false statements in official records and dereliction of duty.
AUSTIN, Texas — In a unanimous vote, a Texas House committee recommended Attorney General Ken Paxton be impeached and removed from office.
An attorney general has never been impeached before in Texas. The big question now is whether the Republican-led Texas Legislature will indict a top state official in their own party. “By attacking the Office of the Attorney General, corrupted politicians in the Texas House, led by liberal Speaker Dade Phelan, are actively destroying Texas’s position as the most powerful backstop against the Biden agenda in the entire country,” Paxton wrote.
“Paxton is essentially in limbo during that entire period. So that part of the law effectively forces the Senate to decide one way or the other, whether he’s guilty or not guilty,” said Jones. The ethics investigation all started because Paxton requested the Legislature designate $3.3 million in public funds so he could settle with former deputies who allege they were fired after going to federal authorities.
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