Ken Paxton impeachment trial: What happens after the testimony concludes?

The two-week impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton is approaching its end, and its conclusion is dictated by a lengthy set of rules.

When testimony concludes, each side gets one hour for closing arguments. When closing arguments conclude, 30 State Senators will deliberate in private. ABC13 has leaned the Senators do not plan to cast their votes during deliberations, as a jury would in a civil or criminal trial. Instead, they will discuss evidence and testimony. There is no time limit to the deliberations.

When they finish deliberating, the 30 State Senators will return to the Senate floor, on the second floor of the east side of the Texas Capitol, and cast their votes in public. Senator Angela Paxton, the suspended Attorney General's wife may note vote or speak in the deliberations. However, her presence at the trial is an effective "nay" vote. As the 31st senator, Angela Paxton's presence increased the threshold for conviction from 20 yay votes to 21 yay votes.

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