Suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton will become only the third Texas official to have an impeachment trial and only the second statewide official.
The only other impeachment in Texas history wasn't for statewide office but a local district judge.was impeached and removed in 1976 for using county tax dollars and staff for personal reasons. Professor Riddlesperger describes it as"a case of local corruption."
Most people know the Congressional impeachment process because former President Donald Trump went through the process twice and former President Bill Clinton went through it in the 1990s. Both were not removed from office after senate votes. Statewide impeachments are quite rare with many states never having to go through the process. It is even less common for an attorney general to be impeached. In many states, the attorney general is appointed by the governor so the chief executive could simply fire the top law enforcement officer if needed. In Texas, because the state has a"decentralized executive" the attorney general and several other statewide positions are elected on their own.
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