{"id":230,"date":"2023-09-15T14:44:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T14:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press-releases\/common-cause-texas-calls-for-ken-paxtons-removal-from-office\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T14:44:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T14:44:51","slug":"common-cause-texas-calls-for-ken-paxtons-removal-from-office","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/texas\/press\/common-cause-texas-calls-for-ken-paxtons-removal-from-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Cause Texas Calls for Ken Paxton&#8217;s Removal from Office"},"template":"","class_list":["post-230","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"As the Texas Senate begins deliberations in the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Common Cause Texas is calling on senators to act in the best interest of the state and remove Paxton from office. \r\n","featured_image":"","press_type":153,"authors":[null],"related_issues":[113,408],"related_work":false,"location":52},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AUSTIN \u2014 As the Texas Senate begins closing arguments before deliberations in Ken Paxton's impeachment trial, Common Cause Texas is calling on senators to act in the best interest of the state and remove Ken Paxton from office.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following is statement from <strong>Common Cause Texas Executive Director Anthony Gutierrez<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cThe people of Texas heard indisputable evidence this month of unethical and reprehensible corruption that was spearheaded by Ken Paxton. 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