BREAKING: PAXTON ACQUITTED OF ALL ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted Saturday in an impeachment trial before the state Senate. He was accused of abusing his office to protect a political donor.

Paxton had been suspended from his duties since May, when the Texas House of Representatives voted to impeach him. Saturday's vote automatically reinstates Paxton to his role as attorney general, a position he's used to create a national profile as an advocate for conservative values and as a policy challenger of Democratic presidents.

Senators deliberated for nearly nine hours before reaching a verdict. A two-thirds vote — or 21 of the 30 eligible senators — was needed to convict Paxton on each of the 16 articles of impeachment he faced. Paxton's wife, Sen. Angela Paxton, was recused from voting.

Paxton now joins a small list of elected officials to be convicted by the Texas Senate — only two other lawmakers have been removed from their positions after an impeachment trial.

Article One: fourteen y sixteen n ACQUITTAL

ARTICLE 2; 14 y 16 n ACQUITTAL

ARTICLE 3: 14 Y 16 N Acquittal

ARTICLE 4: 2 Y 28 N ACQUITTAL

ARTICLE 5: 13 y 17 n ACQUITTAL

ARTICLE 6: 14 Y 16 N ACQUITTAL

ARTICLE 7: 14 Y 16 N ACQUITTAL

ARTICLE 8: 8 Y 22 N ACQUITTAL

ARTICLE 9: 12 Y 18 N ACQUITTAL

ARTICLE 10: 14 Y 16 N ACQUITTAL

ARTICLE 15: 14 y 16 n ACQUITTAL

ARTICLE 16: 14 Y 16 N ACQUITTAL

ARTICLE 17: 14 Y 16 N ACQUITTAL

ARTICLE 18: 14Y 16N ACQUITTAL

ARTICLE 19: 14Y 16N ACQUITTAL

ARTICLE 20: 14Y 16 NO ACQUITTAl

After the vote concluded, Sen. Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury) made a motion to dismiss the four articles of impeachment that had been held in abeyance and were not considered in the Senate’s impeachment trial proceedings. The motion passed by a vote of 19 to 11.

Link to Birdwell motion

IT IS NOW TIME FOR RETRIBUTION.