TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Sep 5, 2023

The Texas Senate today opened its impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton by voting to reject several motions to dismiss the charges. Reuters reports that senators voted 24-6 against dismissing all changes as well as additional motions to throw out individual charges. Paxton has been suspended since the Texas House of Representatives voted in May to impeach him on mulitiple counts of corruption including aiding a political donor and persecuting whistleblowers from his office who accused him of wrongdoing. The trial is expected to last several weeks. Both chambers of the legislature are controlled by Republicans.