Top Houston attorneys head to Austin for Ken Paxton impeachment trial

FILE - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a news conference in Dallas on June 22, 2017. A Republican-led investigative committee on Thursday, May 25, 2023, recommended impeaching Paxton, the states top lawyer. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File) (Tony Gutierrez, Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton starts Tuesday at the Texas Capitol.

The trial will be the center of the Texas political universe and include four of Houston’s top attorneys: Dick DeGuerin, Rusty Hardin, Tony Buzbee, and Dan Cogdell.

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KPRC 2 will provide live, in-depth coverage through our popular series ‘The Bench,’ which takes an innovative, multi-platform approach to help layperson trial watchers track the intricacies of the impeachment - and why it’s a critical legal case in Texas.

Check out the graphic below to learn more about the key players.


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