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Ken Paxton Impeachment

Paxton trial, Sept. 5: Suspended AG pleads not guilty to all impeachment articles, leaves before afternoon proceedings

On the first day of the impeachment trial, senators rejected defense attorneys’ attempts to dismiss all 16 articles of impeachment. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick also ruled that Ken Paxton couldn’t be forced to testify.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton looks up at the gallery during the first day of his impeachment trial in the Texas Senate chambers at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023.

Paxton loyalists, but few others, turn out

Senate hears from Jeff Mateer as first witness

House impeachment managers make their case

Impeachment trial prosecution lawyers Dick DeGuerin, Rusty Hardin and Harriet O’Neill exit the Senate floor during recess on the first day of the impeachment trial for suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023 in Austin.

Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial: What to know

  • Paxton faces several allegations

  • Defense calls accusations political

  • Texas Senate acting as impeachment jury

  • The political donor at the center of the case

  • Affair could play key role in impeachment

  • The trial features several high-profile Texans

Defense attorneys fire back against allegations and evidence

Ken Paxton’s lawyer Tony Buzbee during during opening statements on the Senate floor during the first day of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment trial, on Sept. 5, 2023.

Paxton absent from afternoon proceedings

Paxton pleads not guilty to all 16 articles of impeachment

Senators overwhelmingly refuse to dismiss articles of impeachment

Paxton won't be forced to testify

Ken Paxton arrives on Senate floor

Angela Paxton salutes supporters in Senate gallery

State Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, waves to the gallery from the floor of the Senate on Sept. 5, 2023.

Sam Houston Bible used to swear in trial participants

Senate Secretary Patsy Spaw carries the Sam Houston Bible used for swearing in senators before suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial begins on Sept. 5, 2023.

Donald Trump Jr. says Paxton will “survive” impeachment trial

The attorney general faces 16 articles of impeachment

Here’s how the impeachment trial will operate

From left: Nathan Hecht, chief justice of Texas Supreme Court, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and former judge Lana Myers, the legal counsel for the presiding officer, stand at the dais before the first day of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial in the Texas Senate chambers at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023.

Paxton’s alleged extramarital affair could play key role

A political donor is at the center of many accusations


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