/live-updates/Ken-Paxton-texas-impeachment-senate It’s been nearly half a century since Texas lawmakers considered removing an elected official from office. On Tuesday, that clock will start over once more, as the Texas Senate begins impeachment proceedings for suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton. en-US Copyright Tue, 05 Sep 2023 22:19:19 GMT /live-updates/Ken-Paxton-texas-impeachment-senate#the-first-day-of-the-trial-adjourns-earlier-than-expected The first day of suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment trial has concluded after the testimony of Jeff Mateer, who worked under Paxton… Tue, 05 Sep 2023 22:19:19 GMT 0000018a-676d-d9b9-a1ba-77ef178d0000 /live-updates/Ken-Paxton-texas-impeachment-senate#photos-a-look-at-the-senate-floor-on-the-first-day-of-the-trial Photos from the first day of the impeachment trial. Tue, 05 Sep 2023 21:48:50 GMT 0000018a-6742-d0d7-a5fe-7777852b0000 /live-updates/Ken-Paxton-texas-impeachment-senate#prosecutions-first-witness-is-a-lifelong-conservative-who-worked-with-paxton The prosecution’s first witness is Jeff Mateer, who served as first assistant attorney general of Texas under Ken Paxton from March 2016 to October 2020.… Tue, 05 Sep 2023 20:38:20 GMT 0000018a-66ef-d9b9-a1ba-77efd2470000 /live-updates/Ken-Paxton-texas-impeachment-senate#paxtons-defense-swings-back-at-prosecution Paxton attorney Tony Buzbee said in his opening statements that the attorney general has already been tried and convicted in the court of public opinion,… Tue, 05 Sep 2023 19:32:59 GMT 0000018a-66aa-de79-adeb-e7fb9cde0000 /live-updates/Ken-Paxton-texas-impeachment-senate#prosecution-lays-out-its-case-for-impeachment-in-opening-statements State Representative and chief impeachment manager Andrew Murr laid out the case for the prosecution. He wove together a tapestry of the articles of… Tue, 05 Sep 2023 18:46:10 GMT 0000018a-66a7-dfc8-a5fe-f7ff9bc70000 /live-updates/Ken-Paxton-texas-impeachment-senate#opening-statements-begin-in-impeachment-trial Before opening statements began in Ken Paxton's impeachment trial, his defense team asked Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who is serving as the judge, to block the… Tue, 05 Sep 2023 18:34:46 GMT 0000018a-669a-d9b9-a1ba-77db68820000 /live-updates/Ken-Paxton-texas-impeachment-senate#paxton-pleads-not-guilty-to-all-20-impeachment-charges The Senate read each of the 20 impeachment charges against suspended Texas attorney general Ken Paxton. Speaking through his lawyer, Tony Buzbee, Paxton… Tue, 05 Sep 2023 17:10:14 GMT 0000018a-664b-dfc8-a5fe-f7ffe1280000 /live-updates/Ken-Paxton-texas-impeachment-senate#paxton-supporter-at-the-trial-ties-charges-against-the-attorney-general-to-donald-trump As Paxton’s team watched its various motions fail one by one Tuesday morning, several of his supporters gathered in and outside the Senate chamber to show… Tue, 05 Sep 2023 17:02:42 GMT 0000018a-6647-d0d7-a5fe-7677272d0000 /live-updates/Ken-Paxton-texas-impeachment-senate#paxton-will-not-be-required-to-testify-in-his-impeachment-trial Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick ruled that because of the similarities of the impeachment trial to a criminal trial — and the House managers repeated treatment of… Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:26:37 GMT 0000018a-6628-d6de-a3ee-f6ecd6960000 /live-updates/Ken-Paxton-texas-impeachment-senate#rally-in-support-of-ken-paxton-planned-outside-houston Paxton supporters in Katy, near Houston, plan to protest the suspended attorney general's impeachment trial on Tuesday.The "peaceful protest to support… Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:16:00 GMT 0000018a-6620-dfc8-a5fe-f7ff863a0000 /live-updates/Ken-Paxton-texas-impeachment-senate#motion-to-dismiss-impeachment-charges-rejected Senators rejected a motion to dismiss the impeachment charges against Paxton. This means the trial will move forward. Twenty-four state Senators voted… Tue, 05 Sep 2023 14:49:33 GMT 0000018a-65c7-d2a6-adff-75dfa7c70000 /live-updates/Ken-Paxton-texas-impeachment-senate#senators-vote-on-paxtons-motion-to-dismiss-the-impeachment-charges The first order of business Tuesday is to address dozens of pre-trial motions, which Paxton's legal team are using to dismiss all articles of… Tue, 05 Sep 2023 14:38:17 GMT 0000018a-65c5-d641-a1be-6de77a740000 /live-updates/Ken-Paxton-texas-impeachment-senate#lt-gov-dan-patrick-swears-in-the-senators After a prayer, which is normal during regular Texas Senate sessions, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick swore in each of the senators who will comprise the jury in the… Tue, 05 Sep 2023 14:29:55 GMT 0000018a-65be-d9b9-a1ba-75ff218c0000 /live-updates/Ken-Paxton-texas-impeachment-senate#listen-live-ken-paxtons-texas-senate-impeachment-trial Three months after being suspended from his duties as the state’s top prosecutor, the Texas Senate will begin what could be a weeks-long hearing to decide… Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:57:04 GMT 0000018a-659b-d9b9-a1ba-75db76880000