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.

Landry: "The trial was unfair and partial. It was rigged from the start and the heist came at the end. It was not, however, the reasons that play out in the narrative of the media."

State Sen. Charles Perry, a Republican who serves Lubbock, Abilene and San Angelo, explains his reasoning for voting against Ken Paxton impeachment

The attorney general's impeachment and acquittal are both historic: he's only the third state official to be impeached and the only one not convicted.

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.”

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.

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.