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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton makes a statement at his office, May 26, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has picked a longtime aide to serve as the state's second acting attorney general following Paxton’s historic impeachment on allegations of misconduct and crimes, the governor’s office announced Monday, July 10. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas governor names second interim attorney general ahead of Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial

By Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton makes a statement at his office, May 26, 2023, in Austin, Texas. A lawyer for embattled Paxton said in a Monday, July 3, 2023, statement that the Republican will not testify in his upcoming impeachment trial. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will not testify at his impeachment trial, attorney says

By Paul J. Weber - Associated Press

Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, wife of impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton, sits in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 29, 2023. The historic impeachment of Paxton is plunging Republicans into a bruising fight over whether to banish one of their own in America's biggest red state. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas Sen. Angela Paxton barred from voting in husband Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial

By Jim Vertuno and Paul J. Weber - Associated Press

Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, wife of impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton, arrives to the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 29, 2023. The historic impeachment of Paxton is plunging Republicans into a bruising fight over whether to banish one of their own in America's biggest red state. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas Sen. Angela Paxton: I’ll ‘carry out my duties’ in husband Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial

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In this Jan. 18, 2011 file photo, Dr. Love Paul, left, Pearl Paul, and their son Nate Paul, right, attend the 2011 Texas Inaugural Celebration at the Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas. FBI agents on Thursday, June 8, 2023, arrested Nate Paul, a Texas businessman at the center of the scandal that led to the historic impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton. (Laura Skelding/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Businessman linked to Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment charged with lying to get $172M in loans

By Jake Bleiberg, Paul J. Weber and Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

In this Jan. 18, 2011 file photo, Dr. Love Paul, left, Pearl Paul, and their son Nate Paul, right, attend the 2011 Texas Inaugural Celebration at the Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas. FBI agents on Thursday, June 8, 2023, arrested Nate Paul, a Texas businessman at the center of the scandal that led to the historic impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton. (Laura Skelding/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

FBI arrests Texas businessman linked to impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton

By Jake Bleiberg and Paul J. Weber - Associated Press

Texas Secretary of State John B. Scott is pictured, Feb. 10, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, appointed Scott to temporarily serve as Texas' attorney general after the House of Representatives voted to impeach Ken Paxton, a Republican, over allegations of misconduct and crimes. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Texas governor appoints John Scott as interim attorney general after Paxton impeached

By Paul J. Weber and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, wife of impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton, sits in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 29, 2023. The historic impeachment of Paxton is plunging Republicans into a bruising fight over whether to banish one of their own in America's biggest red state. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Juror and spouse: Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton could vote in trial on husband’s impeachment

By Jim Vertuno and Paul J. Weber - Associated Press

Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, wife of impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton, sits in the Senate Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 29, 2023. The historic impeachment of Paxton is plunging Republicans into a bruising fight over whether to banish one of their own in America's biggest red state. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Ken Paxton impeachment trial jury could include his wife

By Paul J. Weber and Acacia Coronado - Associated Press

House members and visitors listen to the impeachment proceedings against state Attorney General Ken Paxton in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Saturday, May 27, 2023. Texas lawmakers have issued 20 articles of impeachment against Paxton, ranging from bribery to abuse of public trust as state Republicans surged toward a swift and sudden vote that could remove him from office. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Fight still ahead for Texas’ Ken Paxton after historic impeachment deepens GOP divisions

By Acacia Coronado, Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

Rep. Andrew Murr, R - Junction, Chair of the House General Investigating Committee, center, speaks during the impeachment proceedings against state Attorney General Ken Paxton in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Saturday, May 27, 2023. Texas lawmakers have issued 20 articles of impeachment against Paxton, ranging from bribery to abuse of public trust as state Republicans surged toward a swift and sudden vote that could remove him from office. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

GOP-controlled Texas House impeaches Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, triggering suspension

By Acacia Coronado and Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, talks to Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, on the Senate Floor at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Thursday May 25, 2023. About two hours later, the House General Investigating Committee recommended articles of impeachment against her husband, Attorney General Ken Paxton. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Texas’ GOP-held House set for impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Ken Paxton

By Acacia Coronado, Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton, center, flanked by his staff, makes a statement at his office in Austin, Texas, Friday, May 26, 2023. An investigating committee says the Texas House of Representatives will vote Saturday on whether to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas House launches historic impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Ken Paxton

By Acacia Coronado, Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas on June 22, 2017. After years of legal and ethical scandals swirling around Texas Republican Attorney General Paxton, the state’s GOP-controlled House of Representatives has moved toward an impeachment vote that could quickly throw him from office. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Why Texas’ GOP-controlled House wants to impeach Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton

By Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas on June 22, 2017. A Republican-led investigative committee on Thursday, May 25, 2023, recommended impeaching Paxton, the state’s top lawyer. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

GOP-led Texas House to vote Saturday on possible impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton

By Acacia Coronado, Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas on June 22, 2017. Paxton called Tuesday, May 23, 2023, for the resignation of the state's GOP House speaker Dade Phelan, accusing him of being intoxicated on the job in a statement that shook the state Capitol. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Texas lawmakers recommend impeaching AG Ken Paxton

By Acacia Coronado and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas on June 22, 2017. Paxton called Tuesday, May 23, 2023, for the resignation of the state's GOP House speaker Dade Phelan, accusing him of being intoxicated on the job in a statement that shook the state Capitol. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Texas lawmakers issue 20 articles of impeachment against AG Ken Paxton

By Acacia Coronado and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

Rep. Andrew Murr, R - Junction, speaks during a House General Investigating Committee hearing about Attorney General Ken Paxton at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday May 24, 2023. (Jay Janner /Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton likely broke laws, Republican investigation finds

By Paul J. Weber and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a rally featuring former President Donald Trump, Oct. 22, 2022, in Robstown, Texas. Justice Department officials in Washington have taken over the corruption investigation into Paxton, removing the case from the hands of the federal prosecutors in Texas who had long been leading the probe, according to state prosecutors. (AP Photo/Nick Wagner, File)

Texas Attorney General Paxton joins letter blasting FBI over ‘radical Catholic’ memo

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to the media, Jan. 27, 2022, in Weslaco., Texas. The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on climate change could have implications for a range of other issues, including a case involving nuclear waste storage and a proposal requiring companies to disclose how climate risk affects their businesses. Paxton says the June 30 ruling can be used to block a federal license issued to store radioactive waste in his state. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, File)

Texas AG mounts legal challenge to Pelosi’s designated voter scheme

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times