Ken Paxton: Texas House votes to impeach state attorney general

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Texas' Republican-run House of Representatives has voted to impeach authorities lawyer wide Ken Paxton, a Republican, who is accused of bribery and maltreatment of nationalist trust.

Mr Paxton, an state of erstwhile President Donald Trump, is present suspended from office, pending a proceedings successful the Senate.

A two-thirds ballot successful the state's precocious enclosure is required to permanently expel him.

Mr Paxton, aged 60, denies each the accusations against him.