Ken Paxton, Texas AG, may be impeached.

Impeachment Recommended for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

Breaking news! An investigative committee in the Texas House of Representatives has recommended impeachment for the state’s Attorney General Ken Paxton. According to FOX 4, on Thursday the committee had unanimously voted 5-0 to introduce articles of impeachment for the AG. The Texas House convened on Saturday to begin debating whether to indict Paxton in his impeachment.

Why is Paxton facing impeachment? It was revealed that Paxton was under investigation in a corruption case by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over accusations that he had used his office in order to assist one of his donors. The Texas AG was also indicted in 2015 on securities and fraud charges, but has not faced a trial.

Aides from the AG’s office claimed that he was “misusing the office’s power to help donor Nate Paul” in regards to unproven claims of a conspiracy to steal $200 million of his properties. According to some of his staff members, the AG allegedly told them that he had an affair with an unnamed woman who had worked with Paul.

Lawmakers accused Paxton of “misusing public information law, using his office to help a donor, terminating employees who reported his “unlawful” conduct, bribery, misleading public officials, and more.”

Paxton said that the House Investigation was unfounded and “politically motivated.”

“What is happening to @KenPaxtonTX is a travesty,” Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said on Twitter. “For the last nine years, Ken has been the strongest conservative AG in the country. Bar none. No attorney general has battled the abuses of the Biden admin more ferociously—and more effectively—than has Paxton. That’s why the swamp in Austin wants him out,” he continued. “The special interests don’t want a steadfast conservative AG. I understand that people are concerned about Ken’s legal challenges. But the courts should sort them out.”

If Paxton is impeached, he would be required to leave his office immediately pending a trial in the state Senate.

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