Ken Paxton's wife Angela attends his impeachment trial as witness says his alleged affair is "relevant"
CBSN
Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton on Tuesday had so far attended both days of the impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton, her husband who has been accused, among other things, of misusing his office to cover up an alleged affair — and of using his relationship with a campaign donor to benefit the alleged affair.
The Texas Senate is deciding whether to convict Ken Paxton on 16 articles of impeachment, which include bribery, misuse of public office and unfitness of office. If he is convicted of any one of them, he will be removed as attorney general and could be barred from running for office again.
While Ken Paxton is not being impeached for the alleged affair, his former top aide, Jeff Mateer, testified Wednesday that he believed it is "relevant" to the accusations in the articles of impeachment. Paxton is accused of abusing his office to benefit Austin, Texas, real estate developer Nate Paul. In return, the articles of impeachment allege, Paul hired the woman with whom Ken Paxton was allegedly having an affair.
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