Will Sen. Angela Paxton serve as a juror in her husband's impeachment trial? What we know.

Sen. Angela Paxton announced Monday she plans to carry out her duties during the Texas Senate impeachment trial of her husband, Attorney General Ken Paxton, though she did not signal to what extent.

The Republican senator from McKinney cited her legal and representative obligations as reasons for her decision to participate in the forthcoming trial.

"Each time I was elected, I took an oath to uphold the Constitution and the laws of this great state, and Texas law compels each member of the Senate to attend when the Senate meets as a court of impeachment," she said in a Monday night statement posted on Twitter.

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Since the Texas House voted in May to impeach Ken Paxton on several allegations of abuse of office, Angela Paxton's involvement in the trial has been a mystery. Normally, she would serve as a juror in a Senate impeachment trial with a vote to convict or acquit, but with her husband as the defendant, her role is complicated. She could choose to recuse herself, or the Senate rules committee could decide for her.

Jeremi Suri, a professor of public affairs and history at the University of Texas, told the American-Statesman recently that Angela Paxton should recuse herself.

“We have centuries of common law practice that a wife or a child does not sit in judgment of another,” he said. “There’s no basis for impartiality.”

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If she doesn't act as a juror, she could instead serve as a witness in the case that could lead to her husband's permanent removal from office. House investigators say the Paxtons' Austin home received a remodel in exchange for the attorney general intervening in multiple legal matters to give Austin real estate developer Nate Paul the upper hand over an opponent.

The complexity of Angela Paxton's position is exacerbated by an article of impeachment that accuses Ken Paxton of getting Paul to hire an out-of-town woman with whom he was having an extramarital relationship.

The impeachment is scheduled to start no later then Aug. 28, though it could be postponed.

Additional material from Statesman reporter Ryan Autullo.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Sen. Angela Paxton says she'll participate Paxton impeachment trial