In a radio interview Thursday, Paxton said he's "highly motivated" to take out House Speaker Dade Phelan and Reps. Andrew Murr and Jeff Leach.

The radio interviews came the morning after Paxton gave his first post-acquittal interview to Tucker Carlson, telling the former Fox News host he was “re-energized” after the acquittal.

In his first public remarks since being acquitted on impeachment charges, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton lashed out at the state lawmakers who targeted him and teased a future run against U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, harshly criticizing his fellow Republican on a range of issues.

Texas’ top lawyer survived impeachment over the weekend—and spoke to Tucker Carlson about it in his first comments since then.

The storm began just after noon, when senators were about halfway through voting on the articles of impeachment against Ken Paxton. After a two-week trial, the senator jurors had to decide whether to remove the three-term attorney general from office.

In his first interview since he was acquitted over the weekend in a historic impeachment trial, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) lashed out at the Biden administration and the Lone Star State’s House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) over his impeachment and trial.