Ken Paxton Faces Impeachment Trial

“For nearly a decade, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been at the center of many of the nation’s most politically charged cases. The Republican also has been under a constant cloud of scandal, which will grow darker when impeachment proceedings against him begin this week,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Paxton is set to go on trial Tuesday in the Texas Senate on articles of impeachment approved by the state’s Republican-controlled House, which alleged he engaged in years of misconduct, including accepting bribes and using his office to help a political donor. Paxton, who is suspended while facing trial, has said the House allegations are without evidence and called the proceedings an illegal effort to overturn the will of Texas voters.”