Texas Senators are starting to vote on the 16 articles of impeachment against #KenPaxton.

This thread will include how they vote. Follow along. Article 1, disregard of official duty: ACQUITTED.

FINAL VOTE: 14-16. #KenPaxton

Good morning from the Texas Senate — it’s Day 5 of the impeachment trial of Ken Paxton.

Senators are honoring the victims of 9/11 by holding a moment of silence. #txlege Lt. Gov. @DanPatrick gives update on timeline:

-Impeachment managers have 14h28m left
-Paxton’s team has 14h23m left
-Each side could he be out of time around Thurs. Each side will still have 1h for rebuttals and 1h for closing arguments.
-No days off until verdict #txlege

Day 4 of the Ken Paxton Texas Senate impeachment trial is underway.

Ryan Vassar, one of Paxton's former deputies who reported him to the FBI, is back on the witness stand.

Paxton's team continues with the cross examination. #txlege After 30 minutes of cross examination, Senate recesses for 30 minutes.

The call came after Sen. Borris Miles (D) approached LG Patrick and whispered something in his ear. Patrick patted Miles in the back a few times. Stand by.

HAPPENING NOW: The Texas House has adopted the resolution laying out the rules for the debate on impeachment vote. Debate on the resolution to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton shall not exceed four hours. #txlege Rep. Andrew Murr, the chairman of the House General Investigating Committee, is laying out the resolution to impeach. Here we go.

🚨House General Investigating Committee is meeting at 3:45 p.m. 🚨 #txlege DRAMA ALERT: Chris Hilton, chief of the genera litigation division of the Office of the Attorney General, is trying to register to testify in this meeting. He has a lot to say in defense of Paxton: #txlege

The Texas House General Investigating Committee is meeting right now to discuss investigation into Attorney General Ken Paxton's settlement with the whistleblowers who accused him of using his office for political favors for political donors and one of his friends. #txlege Erin Epley, one of the attorneys of the committee, says Matter A "relates to the attorney general himself Kenneth Paxton."

She says Paxton's role includes defending the state when a state agency wrongfully terminates an employe. #txlege

"Dear children of the world: it's not supposed to be this way."

I took this photo at one of the memorials days after the shooting a Robb Elementary School in #Uvalde on May 24, 2022.

19 kids and 2 teachers were killed. It's not supposed to and it doesn't have to be this way. The families of the 21 have been calling on the #txlege to raise the minimum age to buy the type of gun used by the shooter.

The GOP majority opposes changing the law. The families say this change could help prevent the next mass shooting. kut.org/politics/2023-…

Sen. John Cornyn, Texas’ senior senator, just got on the stage.

Folks here are booing him big time. #txpol Cornyn talks about how “when tragedy strikes, the left's knee jerk reaction is to say we should confiscate guns of law abiding Texas.”

He says he will not support new restrictions for gun owners. Crowd continues to boo. Loud boos.

I'm listening to the new season of Embedded and it's breaking my heart. It's about the shooting at The Capital Gazette newspaper.

I remember when that happened. I was a newspaper reporter in Utah.
npr.org/2021/02/17/968… That day I talked to my mom. She wanted to know what was happening at the newspaper in Annapolis.

I sent her news articles. Eventually I went home, after filing a few stories. And then I cried. I thought: shit, there's people who will kill us for doing our job.