The pretrial motions required a majority vote. The most support a motion to dismiss received was 10 out of 30 senators.

The Texas Senate on Tuesday rejected all of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to dismiss the articles of impeachment against him, moving forward with the first removal proceeding against a statewide elected official in more than a century.

The pretrial motions required a majority vote. The most support a motion to dismiss received was 10 out of 30 senators.

    • malloc@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It’s been due (indicted years ago on fraud), but he managed to piss off his own party. It’s rare to see the modern GOP go after one of their fellow ® bearing brothers.

      I wonder what he did because he was a good sock puppet for the GOP.