AG Ken Paxton will not be paid his $153,750 annual salary while he is on suspension, comptroller Glenn Hegar’s office confirmed. He was removed from office last week and awaits his impeachment trial before the Senate, which is yet to be scheduled.
In a Tuesday letter to Scott, Rob Coleman, director of the comptroller’s Financial Management Division, said that under the Texas Constitution, “no salary payment may occur to Attorney General Warren Kenneth Paxton while in a suspended status.”
Paxton remains suspended pending the outcome of the trial, which the Senate has said will occur by Aug. 28. Paxton’s impeachment came less than a year after the Republican attorney general won his third term last November. “I am beyond grateful to have the support of millions of Texans who recognize that what we just witnessed is illegal, unethical, and profoundly unjust,” Paxton said in a statement on Saturday. “I look forward to a quick resolution in the Texas Senate, where I have full confidence the process will be fair and just.”
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