Ken Paxton is accused of repeatedly abusing his office to help a donor . The Texas attorney general was impeached by the state House of Representatives in May . His impeachment trial begins Tuesday and is expected to last two or three weeks . Paxton’s wife Angela is a member of the Senate though she has been barred from voting at the trial . She will not be allowed to sit on the closeddoor deliberations of the state Senate . The attorney general is a firebrand conservative Republican who has aligned himself with former President Donald Trump and played a central role in steering the state rightward in recent years . He remains under indictment on securities fraud charges and faces an additional federal investigation after former staffers accused him of accepting bribes and abusing his . office . It was his request for . million in state funds for a settlement with those whistleblowers . The state House GOP to impeach Paxton on a vote with two members voting present . The Republicancontrolled state Senate though is friendlier ground for the embattled attorney general . He has a number of conservative allies there including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick . Patrick who will preside over the trial in the trial at the Senate . His wife Angela Paxton . The trial is set to begin on Tuesday afternoon . The House impeachment trial will be held in a closed-door deliberation in the state senate . The jury will decide whether to convict Paxton or whether to acquit Paxton of the attorney general in a trial. The trial will take place again. The jury is scheduled to decide on whether Paxton and whether to determine whether he will convict him or not to convict him again. It will be heard again again. Paxton’s trial is scheduled for a hearing on November 18. The state Senate.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial is on trial for impeachment . Paxton
