Voting is underway in the historic impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton. Watch our live coverage.
Texas Senators voted to acquit Paxton on all 16 articles against him, which included allegations of bribery and abusing his office on behalf of his friend and campaign donor Nate Paul.Paxton himself was not in the Senate chamber as the Republican-dominated Senate shot down the charges, not meeting the 21-vote threshold needed to remove Paxton from office.
The Texas Senate consists of 12 Democrats and 19 Republicans, meaning at least 9 Republicans would have needed to vote for the popular conservative attorney general's removal. Only 2 Republican senators consistently sided with the Democrats, Sen. Robert Nichols from the Nacogdoches area and Sen. Kelly Hancock from Fort Worth.Six Republican senators who were allowed to vote in the trial, Paul Bettencourt, Donna Campbell, Joan Huffman, Phil King, Tan Parker and Drew Springer are up from re-election this Spring., but was barred from voting by the trial's rules.. He will retake office as attorney general immediately.
He also faces a bar disciplinary proceeding over his push to overturn the 2020 election and has yet to stand trial on state securities fraud charges out of Collin County which date back to 2015. Paxton pleaded not guilty in that case, but his lawyers have said that if he is removed from office he might be open to a plea agreement. He faces five to 99 years in prison in that case if he is convicted.State Senator Angela Paxton hugged Paxton's defense team after the session was dismissed. The attorney general was not present at the trial.Lt. Gov. Patrick calls for a complete report on the money spent by the House managers investigating Paxton.
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