Ken Paxton impeachment trial: What takes place after the statement concludes?

AUSTIN, Texas (BNN)-- The two-week impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton is approaching its end, and its conclusion is determined by a prolonged set of guidelines.
The Senate adopted 29 pages of rules prior to the trial and they information how Senators will ponder, how they will vote, and how that vote impacts Paxton'& #x 27; s political future.
READ: Full rules and treatments for impeachment of Ken Paxton
When closing arguments conclude, 30 State Senators will deliberate in personal. BNN has actually leaned the Senators do not prepare to cast their votes throughout considerations, as a jury would in a criminal or civil trial.
When they finish pondering, the 30 State Senators will return to the Senate floor, on the second floor of the east side of the Texas Capitol, and cast their votes in public.
Senator Angela Paxton, the suspended Attorney General'& #x 27; s wife might keep in mind vote or speak in the considerations. Her presence at the trial is an effective "" nay"" vote. As the 31st senator, Angela Paxton'& #x 27; s existence increased the threshold for conviction from 20 yay votes to 21 yay votes.
It will take a two-thirds bulk to convict.
The senators will vote on each of the 16 staying posts of impeachment one at a time.
READ: Full posts of impeachment for Ken Paxton
Those votes will be on paper and all Senators will write down their vote, yay or nay, as to whether to discover Paxton guilty on each charge. The silent vote is to decrease the political pressure, which might exist with an alphabetical roll call, which is normal in the Texas Senate.
The silent votes are gathered, tallied, and read aloud. Each senator then must confirm his or her vote verbally.
He is eliminated from workplace if Paxton is guilty on any one charge.
If he is convicted, there is then a 30-minute hearing to argue his irreversible elimination from statewide office. Paxton is prohibited from ever holding a statewide elected workplace if senators vote yay. He, however, might look for regional or federal seats.
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