The Texas House voted 121-23 to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton is suspended from office until the result of a trial in the senate.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged his supporters to protest at the state Capitol when Republicans in the House of Representatives take up historic impeachment proceedings that threaten to oust him.
A simple majority vote in the House was all that was necessary to impeach Paxton, meaning only about a dozen of the more than 80 Republicans needed to join Democrats. It ended up being a vote of 121-23.Senators will act as jurors and decide whether to remove Paxton from office. AG Paxton's team says impeachment would violate Texas law, but committee says it doesn't apply here
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