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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 '''Paxton Impeachment''' is the ongoing current [[impeachment and removal|impeachment and proposed removal]] of [[conservative]] [[Texas]] Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]] from office.
The events surrounding this impeachment have occurred amid an alleged pattern of other purported political misuse of prosecutorial power, such as the indictment against [[Donald Trump]] (which took place on the same day that a key figure in the Paxton impeachment was arrested on Federal charges). However, while the issues surrounding Trump involve one political party going after a member of the other party, in this case the allegations involve a split within the Republcan party, that a group of [[RINO]]s are pushing to remove Paxton for being conservative.
After considerable debate regarding the rules for the upcoming trial, the Texas Senate voted 27-3 (one member excused) to begin the trial at 9AM (Austin time) on September 5, 2023. The three no votes were [[Angela Paxton]] (Ken's wife), conservative [[Bob Hall]] and liberal [[Sarah Eckhardt]].
==Summary==
After a two-month investigation by the Texas House Committee on General Investigating into allegations of misuse of office, which led to 20 Articles of Impeachment against Paxton, the House voted 121-23 (all 23 members voting nay being Republicans; two members declared themselves Present Not Voting, with one excused absence and two Democrats choosing not to cast a vote or declare Present Not Voting) to impeach Paxton and send the matter to the Texas Senate for a trial; this action automatically caused Paxton to be suspended from office without pay or benefits pending the trial to permanently remove him from office and disqualify him from future state or local office.<ref>Paxton cannot, however, be prohibited from running for a Federal office if he were to consider such in the future.</ref>
After considerable debate regarding the rules for the upcoming trial, the Texas Senate voted 27-3 (one member excused) to begin the trial at 9AM (Austin time) on September 5, 2023, but agreed to hold four of the 20 Articles in abeyance pending the trial on the remaining 16 Articles. The three no votes were [[Angela Paxton]] (Ken's wife), conservative [[Bob Hall]] and liberal [[Sarah Eckhardt]].
==Background==
==Background==