Last September, a process server arrived at the home of Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, as part of a lawsuit filed by groups trying to help women get abortions out of state.
Mr. Paxton’s wife, State Senator Angela Paxton, greeted him at the door and told him her husband was on the phone.
Later, Ms. Paxton was seen out in the driveway, firing up a pickup truck and swinging open a rear passenger door.
At that point, the process server later recounted, Mr. Paxton ran from the garage, climbed into the truck, and the couple disappeared down the street, leaving him to deposit the subpoena on the ground.
The question of how Ms. Paxton, a second-term Republican senator from north of Dallas, would handle that responsibility — whether she would choose or be required to recuse herself from the decision — has been hanging over the State Capitol since last week, when Mr. Paxton was impeached by a wide margin of Republicans and Democrats in the Texas House.
Persons:
Ken Paxton, Paxton’s, Angela Paxton, Paxton, —
Organizations:
State Capitol, Democrats, Texas House
Locations:
Texas, Dallas