Ken Paxton - Full Texas House Advances Articles of Impeachment
Posted on AllSides May 27th, 2023
From The Left
For the first time in state history, lawmakers consi8dered impeaching the sitting attorney general. Paxton is accused of 20 counts of misconduct, a range of criminal acts that include disregard of official duty, misapplication of public resources and obstruction of justice. For a full list of the impeachment charges, click here. For nearly a decade, Texas Republicans largely looked the other way as Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal problems piled up. That abruptly changed this week. In revealing it had been secretly investigating Paxton since March — and then recommending...