AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has long denied corruption accusations that have dogged him for years. But as his impeachment trial gets underway, another defense is emerging: that fellow Republicans plotted to oust him.

What You Need To Know

• Ken Paxton's attorneys have suggested that fellow Republicans plotted to oust him. But they've so far presented no evidence of that


• As former aides give testimony about how Paxton pressured them to help a political donor who was under FBI investigation, Paxton’s attorneys raised questions about lobbyists and a meeting at Gov. Greg Abbott’s office


• They also brought up George P. Bush, who lost to Paxton in last year’s Republican primary


• The articles of impeachment center on accusations of bribery and abuse of office

His attorneys have so far presented no evidence in the trial, which continued Thursday, that Paxton was the victim of an attempt to replace him. But as former aides give testimony about how Paxton pressured them to help a political donor who was under FBI investigation, Paxton's attorneys have raised questions about lobbyists and a meeting at Gov. Greg Abbott’s office, and have brought up George P. Bush, who lost to Paxton in last year’s Republican primary.

“It was not a mutiny,” Ryan Bangert, one of Paxton’s former aides, testified Thursday about a group of deputies who reported their boss to the FBI in 2020. “We were protecting the interest of the state and protecting the interest of the...

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