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Texas lawmakers filed 20 articles of impeachment against state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Thursday night — including for alleged bribery, obstruction of justice and abuse of public trust.

The big picture: The filing came hours after a Republican-led House panel unanimously voted to impeach Paxton — whose lawyer called the investigation into allegations that he broke several laws and misused his power to help a political donor "illegal."

What's next: The Texas Legislature could hold a vote as soon as Friday. 

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The articles include alleged bribery, obstruction of justice and abuse of public trust.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Photo: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

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<p>Texas lawmakers filed 20 articles of impeachment against state Attorney General <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Ken Paxton" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2023/02/11/ken-paxton-texas-employee-settlement-lawsuit" data-vars-content-id="7ec7d9ff-5436-4fb5-8b50-9d68f21703a5" data-vars-headline="Read: Texas lawmakers file 20 articles of impeachment against Ken Paxton" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2023/02/11/ken-paxton-texas-employee-settlement-lawsuit" target="_self">Ken Paxton</a> (R) on Thursday night — including for alleged bribery, obstruction of justice and abuse of public trust.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The filing came hours after a Republican-led House panel <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="unanimously voted to impeach Paxton" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2023/05/25/ken-paxton-impeachment-texas-attorney" data-vars-content-id="7ec7d9ff-5436-4fb5-8b50-9d68f21703a5" data-vars-headline="Read: Texas lawmakers file 20 articles of impeachment against Ken Paxton" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2023/05/25/ken-paxton-impeachment-texas-attorney" target="_self">unanimously voted to impeach Paxton</a> — whose lawyer called the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="investigation into allegations" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2023/05/25/ken-paxton-abused-power-investigation-impeach" data-vars-content-id="7ec7d9ff-5436-4fb5-8b50-9d68f21703a5" data-vars-headline="Read: Texas lawmakers file 20 articles of impeachment against Ken Paxton" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2023/05/25/ken-paxton-abused-power-investigation-impeach" target="_self">investigation into allegations</a> that he broke several laws and misused his power to help a political donor &quot;illegal.&quot;</p><p><strong>What&#x27;s next: </strong>The Texas Legislature could hold a vote as soon as Friday. </p><p><strong>Read the articles, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="via DocumentCloud" data-vars-click-url="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23825282-hr02377i" data-vars-content-id="7ec7d9ff-5436-4fb5-8b50-9d68f21703a5" data-vars-headline="Read: Texas lawmakers file 20 articles of impeachment against Ken Paxton" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23825282-hr02377i" target="_blank">via DocumentCloud</a>:</strong></p><div><div class="iframe-responsive-wrapper"><iframe height="1152" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-forms allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox" src="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23825282-hr02377i" title="HR02377I" width="700"></iframe></div><div style="display:none"></div></div><span data-ad-status="NO_AD_LENGTH" data-ad-type="midStoryAd"></span>

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