Lawyers representing impeached Texas attorney general Ken Paxton filed motions with the state Senate seeking to dismiss most of the charges against him.

<div class="block">Lawyers representing impeached Texas attorney general Ken Paxton filed motions with the state Senate seeking to dismiss most of the charges against him.</div>

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Suspended Texas AG Ken Paxton Wants Charges Dismissed

And lawyers representing the impeached Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have filed motions with the Senate seeking to dismiss most of the charges against him. They argue that these charges are based on alleged acts of corruption that occurred before he was re elected to a third term in 2022. They claim that the impeachment charges merely repeated accusations made by Paxton's political opponents over the years and that impeachment trial is set to start on September.