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Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. [2] (born December 23, 1962) is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the attorney general of Texas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the Texas Senate representing the eighth district and as a member of the Texas House of Representatives .
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Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. [1] (23 de dezembro de 1962) é um...
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Ken Paxton, 2021. Warren Kenneth „Ken“ Paxton Jr. [1] (* 23. Dezember 1962 in Minot, North Dakota) ist ein texanischer Politiker der Republikanischen Partei der Vereinigten Staaten. Bevor er 2014 erstmals zum Attorney General von Texas gewählt wurde, hatte er von 2003 bis 2013 Mandate im Repräsentantenhaus von Texas und 2013 ...
5 de set. de 2023 · By JAKE BLEIBERG and JIM VERTUNO. Updated 11:11 AM PDT, September 5, 2023. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton began Tuesday with the embattled Republican facing accusations of corruption and bribery that have shadowed him for years.
- The Process
- A Sudden Threat
- Republican on Republican
- The Marriage Wrinkle
- Years in The Making
- Texas History
Under the Texas Constitution and law, impeaching a state official is similar to the process on the federal level: The action starts in the state House. In this case the five-member House General Investigating Committee voted unanimously Thursday to send 20 articles of impeachmentto the full, 149-member chamber. Paxton faced grim legislative math. J...
There is a major difference between Texas and the federal system: impeachment means Paxton is immediately suspendedfrom office until the outcome of the Senate trial. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott would appoint an interim replacement. The GOP in Texas controls every branch of state government. Republican lawmakers and leaders alike have until this wee...
The five-member committee that mounted the investigation of Paxton is led by his fellow Republicans, contrasting America’s most prominent recent examples of impeachment. Trump’s federal impeachments in 2020 and 2021 were driven by Democrats who had majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives. In both cases, the impeachment charges approve...
Paxton, who served five terms in the House and one in the Senate before becoming attorney general, is sure to still have allies in Austin. One is his wife, Angela, a two-term state senator who could be in the awkward position of voting on her husband’s political future. It’s unclear whether she would or should participate in the Senate trial, where...
The impeachment reaches back to 2015, when Paxton was indicted on securities fraud chargesfor which he still has not stood trial. The lawmakers charged Paxton with making false statements to state securities regulators. But most of the articles stem from Paxton’s connections to Paul and a remarkable revolt by the attorney general’s top deputies in ...
Paxton was already likely to be noted in history books for his unprecedented request that the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Biden’s defeat of Trump in the 2020 presidential election. Now he is making history in another way. Only twice before has the Texas House impeached a sitting official. Gov. James “Pa” Ferguson was removed from office in 1917 for...
About the Attorney General. Ken Paxton is the 51st Attorney General of Texas. He was elected on November 4, 2014, and sworn into office on January 5, 2015. He was re-elected to a second term in 2018 and a third term in 2022.
16 de set. de 2023 · A timeline of events that led to the acquittal of three-term Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton during his impeachment trial in the state Senate.
