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Texas House Votes to Impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton

Fellow Republicans join in move to suspend state’s top lawyer

By Shannon Najmabadi
The Texas House of Representatives voted to impeach the state’s Attorney General Ken Paxton after a committee investigation into alleged abuse of office. Photo: Eric Gay/Associated Press

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a pugilistic Republican who has long been dogged by scandal, was impeached by the state’s House of Representatives Saturday, a historic move that suspended the state’s top prosecutor from office pending a trial in the Senate. 

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