What Led To Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's Impeachment?

texas attorney general ken paxton has been impeached on multiple corruption charges by the state's republican led house of texas attorney general ken paxton has been impeached and suspended by the republican led state house over allegations of paxton has been dealing with federal investigations since 2015. story: paxton will now face a trial in the texas senate. texas' house of representatives voted to impeach state attorney general ken paxton, triggering his immediate suspension from cnn's ed lavandera breaks down the latest developments after the texas house of representatives voted to impeach the state's texas attorney general ken paxton has been impeached on multiple corruption charges by the state's republican led house of the gop held house needs a simple majority to send it to the senate for a trial: the texas house voted 121 23 to impeach attorney general ken paxton. paxton is suspended from office until the result of a trial the historic vote exposes wide divisions among republicans and sets the stage for a contentious showdown in the state senate. the vote triggers an immediate suspension from office pending the outcome of a state trial in the senate. nate paul, a donor accused of bribing texas attorney general ken paxton, was arrested on a warrant by fbi thursday.