The attorney general's impeachment and acquittal are both historic: he's only the third state official to be impeached and the only one not convicted.

After a two-week trial, the senator jurors had to decide whether to remove Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton from office. No matter their decision, it

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has released a statement following his reinstatement in the office. Paxton was suspended from his office in May after being impeached by the Texas House of Representatives; the Texas Senate acquitted Paxton on all impeachment articles on Saturday.

Republican TX Speaker of the House Dade Phelan issues a scathing statement after TX Senate acquits Ken Paxton. Condemns Lt. Gov Patrick for bias while presiding over the trial, Paxton for his corruption, and the Senators who voted to acquit. pic.twitter.com/LspeParaSF

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said in a TV interview that the controversy over the funding ignored that he took just as much from “the other side.”

The man who put the gag order in place for the impeachment trial against Attorney General Ken Paxton is speaking freely now that the gag order is over. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is defending the Texas Senate’s process as “unbiased” while slamming the House’s initial decision to impeach in late May.

It isn’t hard to imagine LBJ saying you can’t make chicken salad out of the character of those GOP state senators. | Opinion