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The first week of Paxton’s historic trial featured candid — and at times, emotional — testimony from the suspended Texas Attorney General's former friends and aides. Here are some of the highlights.
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For the third day in a row, former attorneys who worked in the office of embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton testified how they tried - and failed - to convince their former boss to sever ties with a campaign donor who is at the center of allegations.
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Watch a livestream of the attorney general’s impeachment trial and get the latest updates as senators weigh his political future.
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The Texas Senate will convene Tuesday as the Senate Court of Impeachment to consider the 20 articles of impeachment against Ken Paxton.
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That’s according to a new poll out Friday from the Texas Politics Project, which surveyed 1,200 voters in the state.
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When Paxton’s Senate impeachment trial starts next week, attention will turn toward the Republican senators who will decide his fate.
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In the lead up to Tuesday’s trial, Patrick has been under tremendous scrutiny and pressure as Paxton allies and opponents search for signs of which way he may be leaning.
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Lawyers for the suspended attorney general argue that compelled testimony would violate Paxton’s rights, but House impeachment managers disagree. The issue may be settled shortly after his trial begins.
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The three-term attorney general was impeached by the Texas House in May. Most of the articles of impeachment are related to Paxton’s relationship with Nate Paul, an Austin-based real estate tycoon who is a close friend and campaign donor.
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After Paxton’s lawyers sought to dismiss articles of impeachment as unsubstantiated, House managers responded by accusing the suspended attorney general of going to great lengths to cover up his relationship to the real estate investor.