"Impeachment Trial: AG Deputy Defends Paxton, Mistress Excused from Testifying"

During the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the attorney general's human resources director denied that several employees were fired for reporting Paxton's possible misconduct to the FBI. The director claimed that the employees were terminated because they couldn't work well with their new supervisor. In another testimony, an attorney general aide defended Paxton, stating that he did not improperly access information to benefit a campaign donor. Former President Donald Trump criticized the impeachment trial, calling it "shameful." The defense team's time to call witnesses is running out as the trial enters its eighth day.