AG Ken Paxton impeachment trial: Whistleblower Ryan Vassar to continue testimony on Day 4

AUSTIN, Texas – The historic impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton is underway in the Texas Senate. He faces 16 articles of impeachment that accuse him of misusing the powers of the attorney general’s office to help his friend and donor Nate Paul, an Austin real estate investor who was under federal investigation. Paxton pleaded not guilty to all impeachment articles on the trial’s first day, which started Tuesday. His defense attorneys have vowed to disprove the accusations and said they will present evidence showing they are based...