After closing arguments in the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the lawyers who led the prosecution were riding high and feeling positive about the prospects of a conviction.

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

Attorney General Ken Paxton emerged this week from his bruising impeachment fight emboldened and determined to play a central role in what could be the state’s most turbulent GOP primary cycle in years.

The Senate voted Saturday to acquit Paxton on all 16 articles of impeachment for which he had been tried that accused him of abuse of office and bribery. The decision has ratched up a GOP civil war in Texas, especially between the Senate and House, which overwhelmingly voted to impeach Paxton in May.

I had an obligation, as everybody did there, and I had to vote according to my beliefs and where I was, in order to represent my constituents honestly.”

AUSTIN (CBSNewsTexas.com) - Saturday morning Texas senators began deliberating for a second day in the impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton.

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.