The embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is about to embark the toughest fight of his career, as state senators consider whether to take the unprecedented step of ousting their top law-enforcement officer over corruption charges.
Details of several scandals involving the Republican attorney general will be aired publicly in the impeachment trial starting Tuesday in Austin. Members of the GOP-led legislature are targeting one of their own. Paxton became a national figure by aligning with former President Donald Trump and doggedly pursuing far-right legal fights over guns, abortion and the border.
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