"Texas Senate to Consider Rules for Ken Paxton's Impeachment Trial Amid Controversy"

The Texas Senate is set to hear from a seven-senator committee that was directed to create the rules to govern the impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton's legal team has urged the committee to recommend rules that would allow the Senate to toss out the House-approved articles of impeachment, calling the procedure a "kangaroo court" because Paxton was not given the opportunity to defend himself. The House managers have sent the Senate committee 17 examples of rules that were used in past impeachment trials in Texas, including a recusal rule. Paxton's permanent removal from office would require a two-thirds vote in the Senate.