After 8 days of testimony, closing arguments in suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment trial will get underway on Friday morning at 9 a.m.
If the senators vote to convict Paxton, another vote will be held to ban Paxton from holding statewide office again.Paxton himself has not been in the Senate chamber since the first day. He stood silently next to lawyer Tony Buzbee who pleaded not guilty to all articles of impeachment on the attorney's behalf.Over the course of the trial several witnesses have been called to the stand, including several of the whistleblowers who reported Paxton to law enforcement.
The last time a statewide official was impeached and convicted was when it happened to then-Governor James Ferguson in 1917.The impeachment trial of suspended attorney general Ken Paxton turned to the defense on Day 8, which later rested its case.
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