NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) — Ken Paxton's historic impeachment trial begins on Tuesday, a little more than three months after the Texas House of Representatives voted to impeach the attorney general in a 121-23 vote over Memorial Day Weekend.
The 20 articles of impeachment against Paxton include allegations of abuse of public trust, being unfit for office, dereliction of duty and constitutional bribery.
In short, Paxton is accused of abusing his office to benefit Austin real estate developer Nate Paul, who donated $25,000 to his campaign and himself.
Paxton is only the third Texas official, and second statewide, to be impeached. And the road to this point has been complicated. Here's a quick look back at how we got here.
The attorney general's path to impeachment began nearly three years ago, in October of 2020. That's when eight of the top officials in the attorney general's office, hand-picked by Paxton, sent a letter to their human resources department, in which they accused the Paxton of violating federal law, including allegations of bribery.
In that letter, Paxton's top officials said they notified law enforcement and sent Paxton himself a text.
The FBI in Austin began investigating Paxton. That ultimately led the attorney general to fire his deputies after calling them "rogue employees".
Four of them filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the attorney general's office.
Fast forward to this year—the attorney general's...
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