AUSTIN, Texas — No matter how his impeachment trial turns out, Attorney General Ken Paxton ’s state pension is not in jeopardy.
In what one ethics watchdog laments is Texas’ “hodgepodge of regulation,” Paxton is among an elite set of elected officials. Even if they’re impeached, convicted and booted from office, state legislators and statewide officeholders such as Paxton retain their state pensions.
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