Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has accused House Speaker Dade Phelan of being intoxicated during a legislative session and called for his resignation.

<div class="block">Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has accused House Speaker Dade Phelan of being intoxicated during a legislative session and called for his resignation.</div>

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Texas AG Accuses Speaker of Drinking at Work

So was the speaker of the Texas House drunk on the job. Texas's top law enforcement official, Attorney General Ken Paxton is saying yes, he was. Paxton called for an investigation of speaker Dave Lin. He also called on him to resign after a video of him slurring while presiding over the house circulated Mr Campbell send amen. The amendment is acceptable to the author. Is there objection to the opposite amendment? And the chair members adopted Jerry Johnson P's office said the clip came at the end of a 14 hour session and said the attorney general is just trying to get the attention off of his own legal troubles which include an indictment for felony securities fraud. A payout of over $3 billion to a former staffers over allegations of misconduct and an FBI investigation into misusing his office for wealthy donors.