Attorney General Ken Paxton is back on the job after the Republican majority in the Texas Senate cleared him of any wrongdoing. Over the course of his two-week trial, Paxton's former top deputies—all conservatives he hired—testified that he abused the power of his office to help campaign donor Nate Paul and himself at the public's expense.

Paxton’s supporters have vowed to spend heavily to unseat lawmakers who supported the impeachment. GOP Speaker Dade Phelan and his allies, who led the charge to oust Paxton, are armed with plenty of their own money to parry the attacks.

House Speaker Dade Phelan wrote an op-ed for his hometown newspaper saying the “fix was in from the start,” while other Republican officials are calling for Phelan’s resignation.

The attorney general’s acquittal affects an upcoming legislative session on school vouchers—and the civil war within the Texas GOP.

North Texas Sen. Kelly Hancock, one of two Republicans who voted to convict Ken Paxton during the attorney general's impeachment trial, says his "focus was on the evidence and the testimonies before me.

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.