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Watch live: Ken Paxton trial in Texas Senate

Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton makes a statement at his office in Austin, Texas, Friday, May 26, 2023. An investigating committee says the Texas House of Representatives will vote Saturday on whether to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) impeachment trial continues into its second week Friday morning.

As The Hill’s Saul Elbein writes, the first impeachment trial in the in the Lone Star State’s modern history marks a potentially explosive moment for Texas’s Republican Party.

Paxton faces 20 counts of corruption.

The trial is scheduled to resume at 10 a.m. EDT.

Watch the live video above.