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Embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a three-term Republican, was acquitted by the state Senate on Saturday following a two-week trial over corruption allegations centered around one of his wealthy friends and an extramarital affair.
He had been suspended since May when Texas’ Republican-dominated House voted overwhelmingly to impeach him by a vote of 121-23.
Paxton could count on having more allies in the Republican-dominated state Senate, where his wife, Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton (R), represents a suburban district outside Dallas. She was required to attend every day of the trial, although she was barred from deliberations and votes.
Her recusal made the bar to convict her husband slightly higher, with 21 senators required to oust him instead of 20…
