Of course it does, criminal solidarity.

... The Texas GOP-controlled House of Representatives voted to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday. The Republican AG was impeached on 20 articles including bribery, firing those who reported the alleged bribery, and abuse of public trust.

Eric Trump, one of Donald Trump’s sons and EVP of the Trump organization, weighed in on Twitter: “This should never be allowed to happen to @KenPaxtonTX,” he wrote, though he gave no explanation as to why the 20 articles against Paxton should be dismissed out of hand. Meanwhile, Trump pundit and Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle said on Twitter prior to the vote that it was “absolutely disgusting” and called Paxton a “GREAT ally” to the former president and the MAGA movement, which Trump Jr. retweeted. She added: “Texans should stand with Ken Paxton because he always stands up for you!”


Ah, that explains it. Bye-bye for now, maybe forever.Despite the Trump family’s objections to the proceedings, per state law, the 121-23 vote finds Paxton immediately suspended from office as he awaits the ensuing trial in the state Senate, where his final removal would require a two-thirds vote.
Paxton’s wife, Angela, is among the senators who may vote.

In the interim, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott can appoint another individual to serve as attorney general.

... Prior to the impeachment vote on Saturday, Trump — alongside his family members — came to Paxton’s defense. “The RINO Speaker of the House of Texas, Dade Phelan, who is barely a Republican at all and failed the test on voter integrity, wants to impeach one of the most hard working and effective Attorney Generals in the United States, Ken Paxton, who just won re-election with a large number of American Patriots strongly voting for him,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“Hopefully Republicans in the Texas House will agree that this is a very unfair process that should not be allowed to happen or proceed — I will fight you if it does,” Trump wrote in a separate post. “It is the Radical Left Democrats, RINOS, and Criminals that never stop.” ...
