The GOP-led House on Saturday voted overwhelmingly to impeach Paxton, alleging that numerous abuses of office made their fellow Republican unfit to serve as...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick now must set a trial date and is soon expected to name members of a committee that will set the rules to govern the proceedings.
The senators will serve as jurors and Patrick, who leads the Senate as president, will preside as judge. Speaker Dade Phelan chose the board of managers, which include the House Committee on General Investigating, who wrote the impeachment articles. They are Murr; Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth; Ann Johnson, D-Houston; David Spiller, R-Jacksboro and Oscar Longoria, D-Mission. Murr will lead the board and Johnson will be his second.
The team also includes Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Allen; Morgan Meyer, R-Dallas; Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park; Terry Canales, D-Edinburg; Erin Gamez, D-Brownsville; Joe Moody, D-El Paso; and Cody Vasut, R-Angleton.
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