The Texas Senate voted Wednesday to begin the historic impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton on Sept. 5, and it approved rules that bar Paxton’s wife from voting due to a conflict of interest.
The state House last month impeached Paxton over allegations of bribery, unfitness for office and abuse of public trust, temporarily forcing him from office pending the Senate trial that could lead to his permanent ouster. Paxton’s removal would require a two-thirds vote by the Senate’s 18 Republicans and dozen Democrats.
By law, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a Paxton ally, will preside over the trial but not vote. He has subpoena power, according to the rules approved Wednesday. According to the rules approved Wednesday, both sides may call witnesses and submit evidence, and proceedings will be open to the public. Witnesses will testify under oath and may be cross-examined.Each side will have an hour for opening statements, a day to present evidence, and an hour each for rebuttal evidence and final arguments. If Paxton is convicted, each side will have 15 minutes to debate whether he should be disqualified from holding any other office in the future.
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