Texas Senate Sets Deadline for Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Impeachment Trial

The Texas Senate on May 29 adopted a resolution calling for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial to begin by August.
The resolution, authored by state Sen. John Whitmire, a Democrat, passed unanimously.
Under the resolution (pdf) a seven-member committee will be appointed to prepare and present rules of procedure for consideration to the Senate by June 20 and a date for the trial, which will be presided over by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, has been set for no later than Aug. 28.
On that date, the Texas Senate will convene as a “court of impeachment” according to the measure.
The resolution comes after the Republican-controlled Texas House voted 123–23 to adopt 20 articles of impeachment, including allegations of false statements, bribery, and abuse of public trust, against Paxton on May 27 following hours of debate….}