Impeachment proceedings against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton start at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
, have balked at taxpayer money being used to fund the settlement.
Paxton has characterized the impeachment as an illegal attempt to steal an election and remove him from office. He argues the state law only allows officials to be impeached for conduct committed since the last election, and Paxton has denied all wrongdoing.The investigating committee says the doctrine Paxton has referenced “does not apply to impeachment.”On Saturday about 200 people waited in line to get a seat in the gallery, who were mixed between for and against impeachment.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was elected as Attorney General in November 2014 and began his third consecutive term this past November.. Lauren is an investigative reporter focused on state politics and policy. Her expertise areas include courts, criminal justice, ethics and LGBTQ issues. She previously covered Texas politics for The Houston Chronicle and Louisiana politics for The New Orleans Times-Picayune. She loves cats, cemeteries and comic books, and cooks a mean steak.
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