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Al Jazeera Staff

All you need to know about Ken Paxton’s Texas impeachment trial

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has denied any wrongdoing in the impeachment trial [File: Brian Snyder/Reuters]

In the United States, a historic trial is under way to determine whether three-time Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will be removed from his elected position — and possibly barred from ever running again.

Paxton, who won reelection again in November, has gained a national reputation as a far-right gadfly to Democratic President Joe Biden, whose policies he regularly challenged in court.

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