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Good evening, I'm John Yang.

This afternoon, the Republican-controlled Texas State Senate voted largely along party

lines not to remove embattled state attorney general Ken Paxton from office.

The Texas House had overwhelmingly voted to impeach him earlier this year.

The Senate sat as a jury in the trial on charges, the House had brought and had been deliberating

since Friday.

The Senate acquitted Paxton on 16 separate articles of impeachment, including bribery,

obstruction of justice, conspiracy and abuse of the public trust.

The charges center on Paxton's relationship with a wealthy donor.

Afterward, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said it was all just politics.

This vote will be the vote you're remembered for most.

Our members already knew that and have known that for the last three months.

It's only the House members who voted for impeachment would have followed that instruction

in the House.

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