Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton impeached

The GOP-led Texas House voted to impeach Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday, in a stunning rebuke of a staunch conservative by his own party. The House voted to impeach by a 121-23 tally, with two members voting 'present'. State Rep. Andrew Murr (R), chair of the Texas General Investigating Committee, said the evidence against was "substantial. It is alarming and unnerving." Articles of impeachment had previously been filed against Paxton for alleged bribery, obstruction of justice, unfitness for office, abuse of public trust, and retaliation against whistleblowers. Paxton is now suspended pending a trial in the Texas Senate, where he could be removed from office with a two-thirds majority vote.