Austin, Texas – The GOP-led Texas House of Representatives on Saturday voted decisively to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxtonagainst whom a 20-article impeachment procedure was filed earlier this week.
The final vote was 121 for impeachment, with 23 against impeachment and two present. Paxton will now be immediately removed from his job pending a Senate trial.
The 20 articles of impeachment against Paxton included charges of bribery, obstruction of justice, and abuse of the public trust. Paxton has been under investigation by the FBI for years over accusations that he used his office to help a donor and was separately indicted for securities fraud in 2015.
Paxton issued a statement immediately after the vote, calling it an “ugly spectacle” and saying it was “a politically motivated sham from the start”.
“[House Speaker Dade] Phelan’s coalition of Democrats and liberal Republicans is now on par with the Biden administration, the abortion industry, anti-gun fanatics, and corporations that have woken up to sabotage my work as attorney general, including ongoing litigation to stop illegal immigration, uphold the rule of law and protect the constitutional right of every Texan. “.
Paxton’s wife, Angela Paxton, is a senator and could preside over the trial.
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