Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial on corruption allegations is among several such proceedings that have occurred in U.S. history. In Texas, an impeachment charge from the House results in immediate suspension from office, as is the case for Paxton. The state Senate voted in 2011 to pardon him, but the House failed to concur. STATE ATTORNEYS GENERALPaxton has company as an impeached state attorney general. — South Dakota Republican Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was impeached and convicted in 2022 for his involvement in a 2020 crash in which the car he was driving hit a pedestrian.

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