AUSTIN – A GOP-led House ethics panel filed 20 articles of impeachment against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday, accusing the state’s top lawyer...
, including bribery, obstruction of justice and disregard of official duty.
The House General Investigating Committee quietly launched a probe of Paxton in March, after he asked the Legislature to fund a $3.3 million settlement he struck with four whistleblowers., who in late 2020 accused him of using the power of his office to help a campaign donor and friend.for securities fraud. Paxton, a Collin County Republican, has yet to go to trial on those charges.
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