Impeachment Vote Looms for Texas AG Ken Paxton Amid GOP Infighting

Texas lawmakers are preparing for a historic vote on whether to impeach Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after a monthslong ethics probe into his alleged repeated abuse of office. A simple majority of the House is needed to impeach Paxton, and if that happens, he would immediately be barred from performing his official duties while the Senate holds a trial on whether to remove him from office. The impeachment has become a proxy battle for the intraparty feuds within the Texas GOP, and the choice will be particularly tough for some Republicans who face pressure to vote no and whose state party chairman has called the impeachment a “sham.”