Ken Paxton

Two prominent Texas attorneys with a long list of famous clients will present the case for impeachment against Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Wednesday appointed former Texas Secretary of State John Scott to temporarily serve as the state’s attorney general in place of Ken Paxton, who has been suspended following his impeachment on Saturday.

Republican Sen. Angela Paxton is a key figure in the next phase of her husband Ken Paxton’s historic impeachment: as a “juror” in a Senate trial that could put him back in office or banish him permanently.

Governor Greg Abbott has called a special session focusing on property taxes and border security. Meanwhile, also at the Texas Capitol, Attorney General Ken Paxton is awaiting the results of his impeachment trial.

On Monday evening, the Senate announced that the trial would begin no later than Aug. 28, according to media reports.

Dozens of conservatives spent the day showing their support for embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his home-county Monday.

Members of the newly-appointed Texas House impeachment board of managers delivered to the Texas Senate on Monday the articles of impeachment against Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Dozens of conservatives spent part of Memorial Day rallying on the steps of the Collin County Courthouse.

On Sunday, the House Committee on General Investigating announced their intent to issue subpoenas to several banks and trusts, including Paxton’s own blind trust and the man who oversees it.

One day after a historic and overwhelming vote against Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Texas House, the focus Sunday shifted to the Senate.

One day after a historic and overwhelming vote against Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Texas House, the focus Sunday shifted to the Senate.

The historic impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is plunging Republicans into a bruising fight over whether to banish one of their own in America’s biggest red state.

Bob Garrett, Austin bureau chief for The Dallas Morning News, helps break down the impeachment of Ken Paxton, who will be named to defend him and what comes next when the trial begins in the Texas Senate.

NBC 5’s Julie Fine and The Dallas Morning News’ Gromer Jeffers sat down with Republican strategist Vinny Minchillo on Friday, before Attorney General Paxton was impeached Saturday, to discuss the impeachment process and what it could mean for the state legislature.

The vote triggers Paxton’s immediate suspension from office pending the outcome of a trial in the state Senate and empowers Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to appoint someone else as Texas’ top lawyer in the interim.

Throughout the four-hour debate, rather than innocence or guilt, dissenters spent their time questioning the process.

121 to 23, Texas House members voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The Texas House has voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday on articles including bribery and abuse of public trust, a sudden, historic rebuke of a fellow Republican who rose to be a star of the conservative legal movement despite years of scandal and alleged crimes.

Ken Paxton’s rise in politics has its roots in North Texas. NBC 5’s David Goins continues coverage with reaction from Collin County where Paxton calls home.

The latest as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is on the brink of impeachment and what lies ahead on Saturday