“This was the right outcome,” U.S. Ted Cruz said, while Gov. Greg Abbott said he looked forward to continuing to work with the attorney general.

Watch a livestream of the attorney general’s impeachment trial and get the latest updates as senators weigh his political future.

Watch a livestream of the attorney general’s impeachment trial and get the latest updates as senators weigh his political future. Proceedings are expected to begin at 9 a.m.

The Texas Senate could compel the suspended attorney general to testify, but members of his defense team say they will fight those efforts.

Senators, who will sit as a court of impeachment for the suspended attorney general, spent two days drafting rules that were adopted late Wednesday.

Five Republican and two Democratic senators were given the task of drafting the rules of procedure, work they have done in private.

Seven Republicans and five Democrats make up the board of managers who will handle the prosecution in the trial.