Ken Paxton: Why Republicans are impeaching a Trump ally in Texas

The impeachment trial for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton began on Tuesday, setting the stage for a political and legal drama that exposes deep divides within the Republican Party.

The fate of the state’s top lawyer, an ally of former President Donald Trump, is in the hands of the Republican-controlled state Senate, which serves as a jury in the case. But it’s far from clear how his fellow Republicans will cast their votes – and that has provoked fury at the national level too.

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