Suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton faces trial in the Texas Senate Tuesday. A vote of 21 out of the 30 voting senators can remove him from office.
Hardin began as an assistant district attorney in Houston, never losing in more than 100 felony jury trials according to his website. That included 14 death penalty cases. He was one of the attorneys on the Whitewater investigation into former President Bill Clinton in the 1990s. Hardin then went into private practice and defended the plant managers of the Crosby plant disaster, Roger Clemens, and Warren Moon."This is not about a one time misuse of an office.
"This is not about punishing Mr. Paxton. It's about protecting the public and protecting the citizens," DeGuerin said at a press conference earlier this summer.The presiding judge over the trial may be the most powerful person in state government. Dan Patrick was first elected to the Texas Senate in 2006. In 2014, voters chose him as the state's Lt.
of lying to investors in order to get tens of millions of dollars in loans for his real estate company. He pleaded not guilty and denies all wrongdoing. The FBI raided his home in 2019.The upper chamber in the Texas legislature is made up of 31 senators: 12 democrats and 19 republicans. With Sen. Paxton unable to vote, there will be 30 voting senators. 21 or two-third of the members present are needed to convict Paxton and remove him from office.
are directly involved in the Paxton allegations. Several others have donated money to keep Paxton in office or to candidates trying to defeat him in the 2020 election.
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State Sen. Paxton, wife of Attorney General Paxton, announces reelection campaignState Sen. Angela Paxton, wife of Attorney General Ken Paxton, announced that she is seeking reelection for her Senate seat. This comes three days before the attorney general's impeachment trial is set to begin in the Texas Senate.
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What to know about the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken PaxtonThe proceedings will provide the first formal airing of corruption allegations that could lead Republican lawmakers to oust one of their own as lead lawyer for America’s largest red state.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment trial to begin: Everything you need to knowAUSTIN, Texas — State senators will return to the capital city Tuesday for the beginning of what is expected to be a tense and unpredictable trial to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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What to expect in the impeachment trial of suspended Texas AG Ken PaxtonOn Sept. 5 Texas senators will act as jurors in a court of impeachment. Suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton will be the first statewide elected official in a century to face an impeachment trial. He denies wrongdoing in a host of allegations. NBC 5 political reporter Phil Prazan previews the unprecedented case.
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Here are the 16 articles of impeachment Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is facingThe articles — including bribery, dereliction of duty and disregard of official duty — do not include four accusations originally adopted by the Texas House.
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