{"id":2020672,"date":"2023-09-03T07:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T11:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxtons-impeachment-trial-to-begin-everything-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T07:15:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T11:15:33","slug":"texas-attorney-general-ken-paxtons-impeachment-trial-to-begin-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxtons-impeachment-trial-to-begin-everything-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas AG Ken Paxton&#8217;s impeachment trial set to start: Key details"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Ftexas-attorney-general-ken-paxtons-impeachment-trial-to-begin-everything-you-need-to-know%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=2020672&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>AUSTIN,\u2062 Texas \u2014 \u2062State Senators Prepare for High-Stakes \u2063Trial to\u2064 Impeach Attorney\u2064 General Ken \u2063Paxton<\/h2>\n<p>State senators\u200d in Austin, Texas,\u200b are gearing up for what promises to be\u200b a tense and unpredictable trial to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton. The three-term Republican, who was temporarily stripped of his duties in May, now faces the possibility of\u200d permanent banishment from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">public service<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbp-ice-release-reports-on-border-arrests-seizures\/\" title=\"CBP, ICE release reports on border arrests, seizures\">criminal charges<\/a> if \u200dfound guilty of corruption allegations, including bribery and abuse of public trust.<\/p>\n<h3>Coach Who Fought for\u200b Right to Pray on Field Vows to\u200b Kneel \u200cAgain<\/h3>\n<p>Paxton, who \u2064has served alongside Governor Greg Abbott since 2015, has been a driving \u2064force behind legal efforts against Washington. However, his \u2062focus has shifted \u200cas he fights to clear his name. He is currently facing \u200bimpeachment, making him only the third official in the\u2062 state&#8217;s history to face such a trial.<\/p>\n<h3>Paxton&#8217;s Troubled Past<\/h3>\n<p>Paxton has been under federal charges for\u200b securities and fraud since 2015, but no progress has been made in that case. The impeachment \u200bproceedings primarily revolve around Paxton&#8217;s interactions with Austin real estate developer Nate Paul. Their relationship began in 2018\u2063 when Paul made a $25,000 campaign donation to Paxton.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u2062 same year, Paul defaulted on hundreds of \u200dmillions of dollars in business loans and was later indicted by a grand jury on eight counts of lying to financial institutions. Paxton&#8217;s\u2062 own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxtons-impeachment-trial-to-begin-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" title=\"Texas AG Ken Paxton's impeachment trial set to start: Key details\">deputy attorneys general reported<\/a> him to the FBI in 2020, alleging\u2063 that he\u2064 illegally\u2063 tried to\u200c help Paul fight \u200bthe federal investigation. The deputies claimed that Paul paid favors to Paxton, including\u2064 providing a job\u200b to\u200b a woman with whom Paxton was having an affair. They also alleged that Paul financed Paxton&#8217;s home renovations.<\/p>\n<h3>A Trial Comes to Fruition<\/h3>\n<p>Paxton was impeached \u200bby the state House in May,\u2062 following the unanimous decision of the House Committee on General Investigating to file 20\u200b articles\u2062 of impeachment against him. The Texas \u200cHouse, controlled \u2064by Republicans, mostly abandoned Paxton in a vote of 121-23.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton claimed\u200b that \u2062he was not allowed to present evidence in his \u2064defense\u200d during \u200dthe \u200bimpeachment process, calling\u200b it an act of political retribution. Former President Donald\u2064 Trump promised to \u2062fight \u2062for Paxton, but Governor Abbott has \u200cremained \u2063silent to \u200cavoid\u2063 interfering in the proceedings.<\/p>\n<h3>What to\u200b Expect in\u2064 the Trial<\/h3>\n<p>The trial will be\u2062 conducted like a civil or criminal trial, with the \u200cdefendant&#8217;s\u2062 lawyer and plaintiffs questioning\u2063 witnesses, presenting their cases, and offering closing arguments to the senators. Paxton&#8217;s wife, Republican state Sen. Angela Paxton, will attend the trial\u200d but \u2064cannot vote due to a conflict of interest. Lt. Gov. \u200dDan Patrick, a Republican and friend of Paxton&#8217;s,\u2062 will preside\u200d over the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton has been suspended without pay since his impeachment, but he could regain his \u2063position if he \u2064is cleared of the allegations. A conviction \u200bwould strip him of his \u200btitle, but he could still run for another \u200dterm as\u200c <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> or another \u2062office in the future, subject to \u2063a second vote by the Senate.<\/p>\n<h3>Public Opinion in Texas<\/h3>\n<p>Texans are divided over the trial, with 51% of registered voters believing that the effort to remove Paxton from \u200doffice\u200b is justified\u200b based \u200con his actions, according to recent polling. Democrats are more likely to support his removal, while Republicans are more divided \u2063on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 State senators will reconvene in the capital city on Tuesday for a potentially volatile and uncertain trial to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton, a three-term Republican, was temporarily relieved of his duties in May and now faces the possibility of permanent removal from public office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2020673,"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":[],"class_list":["post-2020672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2020672","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=2020672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}