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The '''Paxton Impeachment''' is the ongoing current [[impeachment and removal|impeachment and proposed removal]] of [[conservative]] [[Texas]] Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]] from office.  The trial in the Texas Senate is to begin at 9am on Sept. 5, and 3 senators have objected to the rules which have not been publicly disclosed as of June 21, 2023.<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/20/ken-paxton-impeachment-trial-senate-rules/</ref>

The '''Paxton Impeachment''' is the ongoing current [[impeachment and removal|impeachment and proposed removal]] of [[conservative]] [[Texas]] Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]] from office.  The trial in the Texas Senate is to begin at 9am on Sept. 5, and 3 senators have objected to the rules which have not been publicly disclosed as of June 21, 2023.<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/20/ken-paxton-impeachment-trial-senate-rules/</ref>  The senators who voted against the pro-impeachment rules, which includes excluding Sen. Angela Paxton from participating and voting, were Senators Sarah Eckhardt (D-Austin), [[conservative]] Bob Hall (R-Edgewood), and [[Ken Paxton]]'s wife, Sen. Angela Paxton (R-McKinney).<ref>https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/texas/ken-paxton-impeachment-trial-rules/285-1a6ea7d6-3529-4ad4-91e6-6100d3d6c464</ref>

Ken Paxton was a leading possible challenger to the [[RINO]] Gov. Abbott for his reelection campaign in 2026, when [[Trump]] is expected to endorse an opponent against Abbott.  Gov. Abbott has been notably silent about the ambush impeachment of Paxton despite widespread criticism of this by many [[conservative]]s.  Rather than appoint a potential rival [[George P. Bush]] to this key position, Abbott appointed a loyalist to him, the former Texas Secretary of State John Scott.

Ken Paxton was a leading possible challenger to the [[RINO]] Gov. Abbott for his reelection campaign in 2026, when [[Trump]] is expected to endorse an opponent against Abbott.  Gov. Abbott has been notably silent about the ambush impeachment of Paxton despite widespread criticism of this by many [[conservative]]s.  Rather than appoint a potential rival [[George P. Bush]] to this key position, Abbott appointed a loyalist to him, the former Texas Secretary of State John Scott.