AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas House investigative panel took the historic step of recommending Attorney General Ken Paxton be impeached.
The attorney general is the state’s top law enforcement officer and is elected every four years. Paxton won reelection in 2022 and is currently serving his third term in office.
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