Category: Ken Paxton

Texas Senate Sets August Deadline for Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Impeachment Trial

The Texas Senate on May 29 adopted a resolution calling for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial to begin by August. The resolution, authored by state Sen. John Whitmire, a Democrat, passed unanimously. Under the resolution (pdf) a seven-member committee will be appointed to prepare and present rules of procedure for consideration to the Senate…


Texas Senate Sets Deadline for Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Impeachment Trial

The Texas Senate on May 29 adopted a resolution calling for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial to begin by August. The resolution, authored by state Sen. John Whitmire, a Democrat, passed unanimously. Under the resolution (pdf) a seven-member committee will be appointed to prepare and present rules of procedure for consideration to the Senate…


Trump and Conservatives Condemn Impeachment of Texas AG Ken Paxton

Former President Donald Trump and conservative heavy-hitters took to social media to defend Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton even as the GOP-led Texas House voted to impeach him. Republican Speaker Dade Phelan and fellow Republicans joined with Democrats to temporarily remove Paxton, a staunch GOP conservative, from office on accusations of bribery, obstruction of justice,…


Texas AG Ken Paxton Impeached by GOP-Controlled State House

The Republican-controlled Texas House has voted to impeach Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and sent 20 articles of impeachment to the state Senate. It makes Paxton only the third sitting official in Texas’s nearly 200-year history to have been impeached. “BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of Texas, That Warren Kenneth…


LIVE NOW: Texas House Debates Impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton


Texas House Debates Impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton

The Texas House began debate at 2:00 p.m. ET on May 27 over 20 articles to impeach Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Late on May 25, the House General Investigating Committee filed the articles of impeachment against the state’s top prosecutor. The accusations against Paxton include misuse of official powers, bribery, and abuse of public…


Texas AG Ken Paxton Calls for Protests at State Capitol Ahead of Impeachment Vote

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has called on his supporters to “peacefully” protest at the state Capitol ahead of an expected impeachment vote Saturday afternoon that threatens to oust the state’s top prosecutor over alleged wrongdoings. Speaking at a news conference on Friday, Paxton decried the state’s efforts to remove him from office as an…


LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (May 26): Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Facing Impeachment; US Will Run Out of Money by June 5: Treasury

The Treasury Department on May 26 said that June 5 would be the new date on which the government could run out of money to pay to its bills. Meanwhile, both the White House and the Republican House speaker pointed to more progress in the debt ceiling negotiations. The Republican-led Texas House of Representatives has…


NTD Evening News (May 26): Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Facing Impeachment; US Will Run Out of Money by June 5: Treasury

The Treasury Department on May 26 said that June 5 would be the new date on which the government could run out of money to pay to its bills. Meanwhile, both the White House and the Republican House speaker pointed to more progress in the debt ceiling negotiations. The Republican-led Texas House of Representatives has…


Texas AG Sues Biden Administration Over App Allowing Immigrants to Register ‘Unlawful Crossings’

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration over a new asylum rule that he argues encourages immigrants to unlawfully enter the United States through the use of a mobile app. Paxton claims in his lawsuit that the Biden administration intentionally streamlined the preapproval process for immigrants who might otherwise…