GOP-controlled Texas House impeaches Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, triggering suspension
By ACACIA CORONADO, JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG AUSTIN, Texas — Texas' Republican-led House of Representatives impeached state Attorney General K...
By ACACIA CORONADO, JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG AUSTIN, Texas — Texas' Republican-led House of Representatives impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday on articles including bribery and abuse of public trust, a sudden, historic rebuke of a GOP official who rose to be a star of the conservative legal movement despite years of scandal and alleged crimes. Impeachment triggers Paxton's immediate suspension from office pending the outcome of a trial in the state Senate and empowers Republican Gov.