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.

  • Curious Canid
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    1 year ago

    The problem isn’t that they are being too general. The problem is that they are, among other things, a print magazine. Listing every incident in which Paxton has violated the law would fill a year of issues without leaving room for so much as a contents page.

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      1 year ago

      they could summarize beyond “lawbreaking and misconduct”. Or could have saved some space by not saying anything instead, instead of using these words to say nothing.