Ken Paxton’s impeachment defense focused on the Texas Senate that’s poised to hold trial

AUSTIN — Attorney General Ken Paxton’s fate is now firmly in the hands of the Texas Senate. As the House voted to impeach Paxton because of alleged misconduct on Saturday, Paxton’s allies turned their attention to the senators who will decide in a trial whether he should be ejected from statewide office. His office delivered a thick stack of documents to senators’ offices that included a defense of Paxton, according to members who received the packets and a copy obtained by The Dallas Morning News. Among the documents is a...