The Texas Senate acquits Attorney-General Ken Paxton on allegations of corruption, with the conservative US firebrand claiming 'the truth prevailed'.
After closing the impeachment proceedings, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, a Republican who as president of the Senate presided over the trial, criticised the entire process as a rush job that lacked transparency.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, also a Republican, said in a written statement that "the jury has spoken" and that Mr Paxton "has done an outstanding job representing Texas, especially pushing back against the Biden administration". Democrat Roland Gutierrez claims Ken Paxton was allowed to abuse his powers due to "a broken and corrupt system".Mr Paxton faced 16 articles of impeachment. Two-thirds of Texas' 31 senators — or, 21 senators — had to vote to convict him on any single article. No single article of impeachment saw more than 14 senators vote to find him guilty.
The trial exposed rifts in the Texas Republican Party between the social conservatives, who have held sway for the past decade and back Mr Paxton, and the traditional conservatives, who say his actions have brought shame on the party and the state. Mr Paxton was overwhelmingly impeached by the Republican-dominated Texas House in May.
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