{"id":1949656,"date":"2023-06-16T19:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T23:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-is-ken-paxton-being-impeached\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T19:49:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T23:49:31","slug":"why-is-ken-paxton-being-impeached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-is-ken-paxton-being-impeached\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons for Ken Paxton&#8217;s impeachment?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-is-ken-paxton-being-impeached%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1949656&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton: A Political Showdown<\/h2>\n<p>On May 27, the Texas House made a decisive vote of 121\u201323 to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton. This move sparked a fierce debate, with Paxton&#8217;s allies across the country claiming it to be a political assassination by politicians who oppose his conservative stances. However, his opponents argue that the evidence against him is significant. Amidst this back-and-forth, the actual allegations against Paxton often get overshadowed.<\/p>\n<h3>The Allegations: Bribery, Obstruction of Justice, and Misappropriation of Public Resources<\/h3>\n<p>Paxton faces impeachment over serious accusations, including bribery, obstruction of justice, and misappropriation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-cuomo-was-offered-more-than-4-million-for-pandemic-leadership-book-report-says\/\" title=\"Andrew Cuomo Was Offered More Than  Million For Pandemic \u2018Leadership\u2019 Book, Report Says\">public resources<\/a>. These allegations primarily stem from whistleblower claims of misconduct during an investigation involving one of Paxton&#8217;s friends and political donors.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, seven whistleblowers bravely came forward to the FBI, alleging wrongdoing by Paxton in an investigation into Nate Paul, a Houston real estate investor facing federal fraud charges. The whistleblowers claimed that Paxton&#8217;s personal involvement in the case raised concerns among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-is-ken-paxton-being-impeached\/\" title=\"Reasons for Ken Paxton's impeachment?\">high-ranking deputies<\/a>. During a September meeting with the FBI, they accused Paxton of obstructing justice, abusing his office, engaging in harassment, and accepting bribes from Paul, as reported by the Texas Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton&#8217;s campaign had received $25,000 from Paul in 2018, followed by another $25,000 in 2020 through an affiliated Super PAC, according to the whistleblowers. They further revealed that a company associated with Paul had carried out costly renovations for Paxton without charge, and that Paul&#8217;s company had employed a woman with whom the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue \"Substantial Allegations\" of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a> was allegedly having an affair.<\/p>\n<p>After the meeting with the FBI, the whistleblowers informed Paxton of their actions. Soon after, all of them were either fired or resigned, and an eighth whistleblower was also terminated. However, the whistleblowers fought back and successfully sued Paxton for retaliation, resulting in a $3.3 million settlement last year.<\/p>\n<h3>Ongoing Investigation and Impeachment Proceedings<\/h3>\n<p>Following the whistleblowers&#8217; revelations, the FBI initiated an investigation into Paxton, which has since been transferred to the Department of Justice. The investigation is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>The evidence presented to the Texas House was deemed sufficient by 121 state representatives, nearly half of whom were Republicans, leading to Paxton&#8217;s impeachment. His trial will take place in the state Senate and must commence by Aug. 28, as reported by ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for further updates on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republican-predicts-success-in-vote-to-raise-debt-ceiling\/\" title=\"House Republican Predicts Success in Vote To Raise Debt Ceiling\">high-stakes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-fairfax-schools-suspend-kids-call-police-as-system-defies-virginia-governor-on-masks\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Fairfax Schools Suspend Kids, Call Police As System Defies Virginia Governor On Masks\">political showdown<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 27, Texas House impeached Attorney General Ken Paxton with a 121-23 vote. Supporters claimed it was a political assassination by opponents of his conservative views, while critics argued that the evidence against him was substantial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1949657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3636,12953,22424,10476],"class_list":["post-1949656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-impeachment","tag-ken","tag-paxtons","tag-reasons"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1949656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1949657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1949656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1949656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1949656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}