Angela Pax­ton issues state­ment after hus­band’s impeach­ment tri­al

Texas state GOP Sen. Angela Pax­ton released a state­ment regard­ing the acquit­tal of her hus­band, state Repub­li­can Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton, on Mon­day, stat­ing that she agreed with the upper cham­ber’s deci­sion.
Angela Pax­ton was not allowed to vote on her hus­band’s acquit­tal due to a con­flict of inter­est, but she was allowed to be present in the state cham­ber dur­ing the tri­al. The 16 arti­cles against Ken Pax­ton were dis­missed on Sat­ur­day after the cham­ber vot­ed against con­vic­tion.
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“I whole­heart­ed­ly affirm the Sen­ate’s deci­sion to acquit. Although pro­hib­it­ed from vot­ing on the arti­cles of impeach­ment, I was present as a mem­ber of the court for the entire tri­al, and I lis­tened care­ful­ly to every word of tes­ti­mo­ny on behalf of my con­stituents,” Angela Pax­ton said. “Had I been allowed to vote, I would have cast my vote with those who acquit­ted on each and every arti­cle.”

Texas state Sen. Angela Pax­ton bows her head in prayer before her hus­band’s impeach­ment tri­al resumes.
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The state sen­a­tor thanked her sup­port­ers for the love the cou­ple had received after the ver­dict, stat­ing that she was “incred­i­bly grate­ful” for the encour­age­ment and sup­port. Before the tri­al began, Angela Pax­ton announced her bid for a fourth term in the state leg­is­la­ture.
The tri­al was cen­tere …