Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is facing calls of impeachment from his own party. The GOP controlled House plans to vote tomorrow on the 20 impeachment articles against Paxton, who faces accusations of abusing his office. CNN's Ed Lavendera reports.
Just days after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the state House speaker of presiding over the chamber while drunk and called on him to resign, a GOP-led House ethics panel heard explosive testimony from investigators detailing what they described as years of misconduct by the attorney general, later recommending his impeachment.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing fresh pressure from within his ranks -- including from key allies and top lieutenants -- to launch impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, multiple sources tell CNN, putting the speaker in a bind as he tries to show they're taking aggressive action on the border without alienating the party's moderate, so-called majority makers.
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York reiterated on Sunday her call for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas following revelations that he didn't disclose several luxury trips subsidized by a Republican megadonor.
Lucianne Goldberg, the literary agent who suggested to Linda Tripp that she record her phone calls with Monica Lewinsky talking about her relationship with then-President Bill Clinton, has died at the age of 87.
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) suggested impeachment is on the table for President Joe Biden if Republicans gain a majority in the House and Senate. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) speaks to Jake Tapper about this possibility.
Should Attorney General Garland charge former President Donald Trump even if it risks civil unrest? Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), who presided over the second Trump impeachment, says, "I prosecuted Democrats, Republicans, people in high office. I had to do it, but I was never faced with a question like this."
The South Dakota state Senate on Tuesday voted to convict and remove state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg from office on two articles of impeachment after he struck and killed a pedestrian in September 2020, making Ravnsborg the first elected official to be impeached and removed in the state's history.
After Rep. Tom Rice became the first electoral victim of Donald Trump's revenge campaign against the Republicans who voted to impeach him, a GOP colleague who had also backed the former President's impeachment reached out to the South Carolina lawmaker and attempted to console him.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said at CNN town hall that she doesn't think campaigning on a potential impeachment of President Donald Trump is a good issue to run on.