Category: Attorney General Ken Paxton

Ken Paxton’s Attorney Cancels News Conference After Gag Order Issued Over Impeachment Trial

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who will oversee Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial, issued a sweeping gag order scolding lawyers on both sides for “inflammatory” public comments ahead of the historic September proceedings. “The court finds that individuals involved in the trial of impeachment will likely continue to make public prejudicial and inflammatory statements…


‘I Will Carry Out My Duties’: Texas Sen. Angela Paxton on Husband’s Pending Impeachment Trial

Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton said she was elected to uphold the laws of the state constitution when the Texas Senate meets for the impeachment trial of her husband, Attorney General Ken Paxton. The senator said in a statement on June 19 that she will do her duty in the historic impeachment trial of her…


Rep. Smithee Compares Three Impeachments in Texas History, Emphasizes Due Process

The Republican-controlled Texas House on Saturday voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, which makes Paxton only the third sitting official in Texas’s history to have been impeached. On the House floor before the vote, Rep. John Smithee (R) compared the three impeachments and called for due process. …


Rep. Smithee Compares 3 Impeachments in Texas History, Emphasizes Due Process

The Republican-controlled Texas House on Saturday voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, which makes Paxton only the third sitting official in Texas’s history to have been impeached. On the House floor before the vote, Rep. John Smithee (R) compared the three impeachments and called for due process. …