Trump and Others React to Ken Paxton’s Impeachment Acquittal

A flurry of reactions—both positive and negative—followed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s acquittal on all impeachment charges in the state Senate.

President Donald Trump gestures alongside Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton (L) in Dallas, Texas, on June 11, 2020. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images

A flurry of contrasting reactions has followed news that a jury of state senators on Sept. 16 voted to acquit Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on all 16 articles of impeachment.

Mr. Paxton, who was reelected to a third term in November 2022, was impeached by Texas’s GOP-led House on allegations of bribery and abuse of power.