Texas might actually impeach Ken Paxton

Karen wrote about this yesterday, but now it looks like it might really be happening as soon as today. It’s one thing for the Texas House Committee on General Investigating to recommend impeachment proceedings against State Attorney General Ken Paxton, but it’s another thing entirely for the entire House to immediately take up the issue and move toward a vote. And yet that’s exactly what happened. They are expected to take up the measure this afternoon in a special session with a vote coming as soon as this evening. Paxton would need a significant number of members of his own party to defect from the effort in order to avoid being suspended from office until the Senate takes him to trial. And at least so far, it doesn’t sound like he has many supporters left. (Associated Press)Read More