20 impeachment counts issued against Texas attorney general Ken Paxton

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton (AP)

After years of scandal, criminal charges and corruption accusations, Texas’s Republican attorney general, Ken Paxton, is on the brink of impeachment.

In a unanimous decision, a Republican-led House investigative committee that spent months looking into Mr Paxton recommended impeaching the state’s top lawyer on 20 articles, including bribery, unfitness for office and abuse of public trust.