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And now we wait. After eight grueling days, the 30 Texas senators who will decide the fate of Ken Paxton are deliberating in private. When they emerge, they will cast votes on each of the sixteen impeachment charges brought by the Texas House. A two-thirds majority—that’s 21 senators—on any of the sixteen will result in a conviction and Paxton’s removal from office. The standard is “beyond a reasonable doubt”—the same as in a criminal trial. But this is no typical criminal trial, which is one of the only things that everyone can agree on. As Plano representative Jeff Leach, a House impeachment manager, pointed out in his closing argument, the “Impeachment Trial of Warren Kenneth Paxton, Jr.” is a “unique mix” of the civil and the…

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