Years of corruption; The beginning of the unprecedented trial of the prosecutor of a state in America.
The trial of the Republican attorney general of Texas, who was recently suspended on corruption charges, is set to begin today in a move unprecedented in 200 years and could lead to his permanent removal.
The Texas Senate will convene today (Tuesday) to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton and conduct a political audit of years of corruption that could eventually lead to Paxton’s permanent removal.
According to the Associated Press news agency, the fate of the 60-year-old Republican Paxton is in the hands of Republican senators, with whom Paxton worked before winning the Texas Attorney General election in 2015.
The Associated Press reported that Paxton’s impeachment proceedings are a rare example of a party trying to prosecute its own party member.
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously in May to impeach Paxton after former Texas deputy attorney generals alleged that Paxton abused his power to help a wealthy benefactor. In return, he received services such as establishing an extramarital relationship with a woman.
According to this report, the 20 articles of impeachment include abuse of public trust, impropriety with the office of the Texas Attorney General, and bribery.
Paxton was suspended from the Texas attorney general’s office on corruption charges by a vote of 121 to 23 in the Texas state senate, making him the third high-ranking Texas official to be impeached in 200 years.
Paxton, however, called his impeachment a politically motivated hypocritical act. Attorneys for Paxton say the Texas attorney general will not testify at the Senate impeachment hearing and expect to be acquitted.
According to the report, Paxton will be tried by a jury, 31 state senators, his ideological allies, and a judge.
According to this report, for Paxton to be convicted, a two-thirds majority of the Senate votes, or the votes of 21 state senators, is needed, which means that if all 12 Senate Democrats vote against Paxton, at least nine of the 19 Republican Senate votes are still needed. is to finally convict Paxton.
