Paxton Acquitted in Impeachment Trial.

Over the weekend, The Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, was acquitted of corruption charges by the Texas Senate after a lengthy impeachment trial. According to a report by PBS, Paxton enjoyed the perks that came with the Attorney General’s job; in particular, he took vacations to Europe and the Caribbean that cost Texas taxpayers more than $90,000, as well as a $45 cake that was meant to be for the whole office for himself. He appeared to revel in taking foreign trips to the World Cup in Qatar and dinners with high-ranking political officials from the Republican party. According to an article in the New York Times, this impeachment divided the far right flank of the Republican Party led by the likes of former President Trump and Steve Bannon, who support Paxton, and (slightly) more moderate Republican figures such as Karl Rove, arguing that he should be removed from office. The phrase have one’s cake and eat it too seems an apt description of Paxton’s actions here, literally as the case may be.