The Republican-led Texas Senate is ready to vote on whether to convict impeached Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and remove him from office.
A jury of 30 Texas Senators deliberated the 16 verdicts. Sen. Angela Paxton was not able to vote due to a conflict of interest.For a conviction on any article of impeachment, two-thirds of the full Senate must have sustained the article. A conviction of a single article would have remove the attorney general from office.
In a fiery closing Friday, defense attorney Tony Buzbee said the case was about nothing and was based on supposition. He said the House Board of Managers failed to bring any evidence and they should be ashamed for bringing the case, which he often referred to as"foolishness," to trial.
Paxton, who left on the trial's first day after pleading not guilty, missed all testimony and returned to the Senate chamber Friday where he sat at the defense table minutes before the trial resumed. Had he been convicted of even one of the articles of impeachment he would have been removed from office.
The House committee said in May it was Paxton’s own request for $3.3 million in state funds to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that brought about the impeachment recommendation. Paxton, who left the trial on the first day after pleading not guilty and didn't return until closing arguments 10 days later, broadly denied any wrongdoing.
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