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Houston (AFP) - Texas Republican lawmakers on Saturday overwhelmingly voted to impeach the southern state's attorney general on corruption charges, suspending him from office until he faces trial in the Senate. Attorney General Ken Paxton's temporary removal marked the stunning downfall of an ardent defender of former president Donald Trump with an ascendant national profile. After an all-afternoon debate, lawmakers considering Paxton's impeachment voted 121 in favor, 23 against with two not voting. "The evidence is substantial. It is alarming and unnerving," said legislator Andrew Murr, a Rep...
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Jason Ravnsborg, the Attorney General of South Dakota, has been impeached after being found guilty of attempting to cover up a death. In the summer of 2020, Ravnsborg was returning from a GOP meeting when he struck Joseph Boeve while walking on the side of the road. During the initial response, Boeve’s body was not found and it was not until the next morning when Boeve’s body was spotted in a ditch by Ravnsborg. The trial was the first in South Dakota Senate history. Investigators found evidence that Ravnsborg was likely distracted while driving. Police concluded Boeve was struck while the car...
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George P. Bush called former President Donald Trump “the center of the Republican Party” in an interview with Fox News. For the second time in recent months, Bush has spoken publically about his support for Trump. Bush officially announced his candidacy for Texas attorney general in 2022 in early June, against incumbent and Trump ally, Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton, still loyal to the former President, led lawsuits in four states against the 2020 election results, pushing the narrative that Trump had won, and even spoke at the Stop the Steal rally on January 6, ahead of the riots. In the...
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Merrick Garland showed impressive composure Monday during the first day of his Senate confirmation hearing. President Joe Biden nominated Garland as Attorney General in January after Garland was denied a vote for his Supreme Court nomination during the last year of the Barack Obama administration. Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) asked Garland “when you talk about your aspirations and I’m wondering if you could just conclude by answering the question about your motivation, maybe some of your own family history in confronting hate and discrimination in American history,” Garland said, after a sh...
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