Texas House votes to impeach AG Ken Paxton. The matter now heads to the Senate.
In an unprecedented move on Saturday afternoon, the Texas House of Representatives voted to approve the impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton.In an overwhelmingly majority and rather rapid vote, the Texas House approved the impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton under allegations detailing his abuses of power and illicit misconduct late Saturday afternoon.
Committee members of the House Committee on General Investigation opened providing summaries of the articles of impeachment which detail claims of Paxton disregarding official duties, partaking in constitutional bribery, obstructing justice, making false statements and other illicit activities. He referred to the information collected by the investigation and provided to house members as “triple hearsay.” If members were to vote for the approval of the articles, they would be doing so “in the absolute worst way possible,” he said.
Representative Terry Canales also fired back at Republicans who said that House members would be unable to make an informed decision due to the lack of hearing witnesses.
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