A Republican-led ethics committee in the Texas House of Representatives unanimously agreed to adopt articles of impeachment against Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday.
The recommendation by the five-member panel of the House Committee on General Investigating comes after Paxton was accused of committing multiple crimes while in office. A two-month probe culminated in a bombshell hearing on Wednesday in which investigators presented evidence of corruption and abuse of office.
Investigators began scrutinizing Paxton, around whom scandals and misconduct allegations have swirled since he first took office in 2015, in March after he requested $3.3 million in state funds to help settle a whistleblower lawsuit filed by four of his former employees.
https://ift.tt/jmEnLiz from The Daily Beast Latest Articles https://ift.tt/ySoCArv
0 Comments