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Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton, center, makes a statement at his office in Austin, Texas. He's wearing a suit and tie as he stands at an Attorney General podium frowning deeply. He's flanked on either side by allies with serious expressions.

Paxton’s Ninth Life: Will the Senate Save Texas’ Embattled AG?

Impeached and in peril, the walls may finally be closing in on the allegedly criminal Texas attorney general.

by Justin Miller

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