Ken Paxton is the Attorney General of Texas who was impeached by the Texas House of Representatives on May 27, 2023 . The impeachment was based on accusations claiming that Paxton broke multiple state laws, misspent office funds, and misused his power to benefit a friend and a political donor .
The bulk of the impeachment trial was based on accusations claiming that Paxton retaliated against deputies by firing them. Paxton is accused of having "abused the judicial process to thwart justice" by benefiting from the filing of a lawsuit by a campaign donor that "interfered with or disrupted payment of the prosecutors in a criminal securities fraud case against Paxton," which allegedly led to the "protracted delay" in the criminal case against Paxton in Collin County, Texas, the suburban Dallas area that is Paxton's home base.
