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Paxton impeachment cost state $5.1 million, auditor report finds

The impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton cost the state about $5.1 million in taxpayer funds, largely to pay for lawyers hired by House leaders to prosecute Paxton in a Senate trial that ended in his acquittal, according to a report released Friday by the State Auditor’s Office.The total is roughly $900,000 higher than what the Tribune previously reported, based on records from the House’s impeachment case, which did not include a full tally of the chamber’s outside legal costs.The House, which impeached Paxton over allegations that he accepted bribes and abused the authority of his office, accounted for ...

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