The Texas House of Representatives committee recommends that Attorney General Ken Paxton be impeached after the investigation

A Texas House of Representatives committee of inquiry recommended the impeachment of embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton.

According to FOX 4, the Texas House investigative committee voted unanimously 5-0 Thursday to pass charges against Paxton.

A vote on the recommendation could take place as early as Friday.

In Texas, an impeachment by the House of Representatives would require Paxton to leave office immediately pending a Senate trial.

The committee’s vote comes as Paxton is under investigation in an FBI-run corruption case alleging that the attorney general used his office to support a donor.

He was also indicted on securities and fraud charges in 2015 but has yet to face a trial.

Several staffers at Paxton’s office raised concerns that the attorney general was abusing the office’s powers to help donor Nate Paul amid unproven allegations of a conspiracy to steal his $200 million property.

Paxton is also said to have told staff that he was having an affair with a woman who worked for Paul.

In the impeachment articles, the deputies accuse Paxton of abusing public information rights, using his office to help a donor, firing employees who reported his “unlawful” conduct, bribery, misleading public officials and more.

Paxton has previously indicated that the House investigation is politically motivated.

Chris Hilton, an attorney in Paxton’s office, told reporters Thursday that House investigators were “wrong,” “misleading,” and “full of errors, big and small.”

The Attorney General tweeted Thursday: “The overthrow of elections begins behind closed doors.”