Paxton’s Impeachment Trial Scheduled For August

The Associated Press reports:

A historic impeachment trial in Texas to determine whether Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton should be permanently removed from office will begin no later than August in the state Senate, where the jury that would determine his future could include his wife, Sen. Angela Paxton. Setting a schedule was one of the last orders of business lawmakers took Monday during an acrimonious end to this year’s legislative session in Texas.

Underlining the fallout of Paxton’s impeachment, the session ended with a dozen House lawmakers walking across the building and delivering the articles of impeachment to the Senate, where there are 31 senators who could act as jurors. In a complicating twist, one of them is Sen. Paxton, who has not spoken publicly since her husband’s impeachment or said whether she will recuse herself from the proceedings. She declined comment Monday.

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A historic impeachment trial in Texas to determine whether Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton should be permanently removed from office will begin no later than August in the state Senate. https://t.co/cQVgLCVq9T

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