The Texas Senate on Tuesday rejected all of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to dismiss the articles of impeachment against him, moving forward with the first removal proceeding against a statewide elected official in more than a century.

The pretrial motions required a majority vote. The most support a motion to dismiss received was 10 out of 30 senators.

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    1 year ago

    It’s not that. Something is up. Republicans are ruthless, not benevolent. I have a feeling it’s a lot worse than that. Do we know if the FBI is involved? They turned on him pretty quick and we all know how that goes.