Texas AG’s Impeachment Could Come Down to His State Senator Wife

Angela Paxton has found herself in an extraordinary situation. Her husband, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, faces an historic 20 articles of impeachment. As a state senator, Angela is set to vote on whether her husband stays or goes—and, despite the glaring conflict of interest, there’s no precedent to force her to step aside. “If it were a trial in the justice system, she would be completely required to (step aside),” Kenneth Williams, professor of criminal procedure at South Texas College of Law, told the Associated Press. The charges brought...