Texas AG Ken Paxton alleged to have taken bribes

[djohn2oo8]

1312539208217550848

[Spurminator]

Shocking, he seems like a straight arrow to me.

[Winehole23]

no paywall: https://www.kvue.com/article/news/politics/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-federal-complaint-alleged-bribery-abuse-of-office/269-e5c1d64c-f1af-45ee-87ad-cd2b16f43a4f

[ChumpDumper]

:lol Republicans

[Spurs Homer]

He needs to be locked up pronto

piece of vile shit

[GB20]

1312539208217550848
This is the new normal for the Republican Party. Nothing to see here.

[Ef-man]

Not one, not two, not three, but seven top aides accuse TX AG...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ken-paxton-7-top-aides-accuse-texas-attorney-general-of-bribery-abuse-of-office/ar-BB19GQQ8

[Winehole23]

Not one, not two, not three, but seven top aides accuse TX AG...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ken-paxton-7-top-aides-accuse-texas-attorney-general-of-bribery-abuse-of-office/ar-BB19GQQ8We already had a clue, AG Paxton has been under felony indictment for five years.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/07/27/texas-ag-ken-paxton-was-indicted-for-fraud-5-years-ago-will-he-ever-face-a-jury/

[boutons_deux]

Gov. Greg Abbott says accusations against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ‘raise serious concerns’

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/gov-greg-abbott-says-accusations-against-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-raise-serious-concerns/

[Blake]

Shocking, he seems like a straight arrow to me.

I mean, he's a Christian and everything

[DMX7]

It sounds really bad

[Monostradamus]

Over/under on upcoming Trumptard whataboutism posts? 2.5?

[Winehole23]

Over/under on upcoming Trumptard whataboutism posts? 2.5?Zero

[boutons_deux]

The Attorney General's Office has sidelined four of the seven whistleblowers who reported Ken Paxton to law enforcement

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (https://www.texastribune.org/directory/ken-paxton/)’s office has sidelined four of the seven senior aides who weeks ago told law enforcement they believed Paxton had committed bribery and abuse of office —

firing two and placing two more on leave —

in what employment attorneys say looks like

a clear act of retaliation against legally protected whistleblowers.

https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2020/10/23/the-attorney-generals-office-has-sidelined-four-of-the-seven-whistleblowers-who-reported-ken-paxton-to-law-enforcement

[boutons_deux]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened in donor’s legal affairs multiple times this year (https://link.dallasnews.com/lt.php?i=12552A13085A15A489005)

-- The Dallas Morning News

[Ef-man]

Has the AG Paxton been arrested yet?

[Spurtacular]

Since Chumpettes really worried about bribes.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lA3oOo1oZc

[Ef-man]

Since Chumpettes really worried about bribes.


Since when has the derp been worried about facts?

:tu

[boutons_deux]

Another staffer who accused Ken Paxton of crimes leaves the agency

Yet another one of the top employees who accused Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of serious crimes is leaving the agency.

Darren McCarty, deputy attorney general of civil litigation, confirmed he resigned on Monday.

Paxton, a Republican in his second term, is accused by senior staff members of serious crimes related to his relationship with real estate developer and campaign donor Nate Paul.

Seven of the agency’s most senior employees recently reported Paxton to law enforcement after they said

he used the office in attempts to help Paul several times in the last year.

Paxton denies wrongdoing (https://link.dallasnews.com/lt.php?i=12607A13139A15A491160) and has instead pointed the finger at the employees, who he called "rogue." :lol

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/10/26/another-staffer-who-accused-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-of-crimes-leaves-the-agency

8 "rogue" employees quit but Paxton is angelic, innocent Christian

[boutons_deux]

Anti-LGBT Texas AG Ken Paxton’s Adulterous Affair At Center Of Latest Criminal Allegations, Per GOP Insiders

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had an extramarital affair with a woman

whom he later recommended for a job with the wealthy donor now at the center of criminal allegations against him,

the high-profile Republican official acknowledged the affair in 2018 to senior members of his office and political staff.

They said he told them that he had ended the affair with the woman, who then worked for a GOP state senator.

Austin developer Nate Paul said in a deposition this week that Paxton recommended the woman for her job with Paul’s real estate company

https://www.joemygod.com/2020/11/anti-lgbt-texas-ag-ken-paxtons-adulterous-affair-at-center-of-latest-criminal-allegations-per-gop-insiders (https://www.joemygod.com/2020/11/anti-lgbt-texas-ag-ken-paxtons-adulterous-affair-at-center-of-latest-criminal-allegations-per-gop-insiders/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=c40d21a32d4b7e3138cda84c01556 1b953de01c3-1604708310-0-AbkImnoxWdAlEfV_TYe12SK2bxjxr8q1rFDrI9VkxtXI16hZmt 2BV0jKtdA5qOa_XbXCEiCgMtN4iELg1y90aQ8QjTLPIJNDY_Re NJ8KIeyLKOyA-kBIaHV8vKRd7BTH4XmF3F7Ls93hetATVvvfoy6XOI1C1Be8JtQ UykTjdV9fXj4aWsENpCHdd236ZES_WhfVYvwyGEmOrbyhwKnss PBUxEvzz4LUHq9ZejjSuuDIufJQ-GGasbcLHLhugdJcW2CDSdeMbBd4G94MzBlphARYMwnAuEO009E cxoA5PeEWQOZ0J-fyU0-jd0BcJFNQnEP3YEQ2n3Ksvb_a3DeysISc5A_J8I1HP5ofDzktq sQNd7L-LWgJazYou3ukn2CSoqs85KIohlpe9JmSGFSZaxabC4bWb2Qthy vqZfq0l8Cy)

[boutons_deux]

Billy Barr, where are you? Criminal Paxton needs defense

FBI is investigating Texas attorney general

https://apnews.com/article/ken-paxton-austin-texas-crime-f8413d14842d848e69cf81bb4d2e87e2

[RandomGuy]

Since Chumpettes really worried about bribes.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lA3oOo1oZc

:lol hypocritical fucking simpleton.

Go on, express one fucking word of concern about Trump corruption.


Donald Trump Has At Least $1 Billion In Debt, More Than Twice The Amount He Suggested
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalex.../#68f3536b4330

Who does Trump owe the money to?


Reports of Trump's secret Chinese bank account spark controversy
There's a lot to unpack in the new reporting, but it's probably worth dwelling on Trump's previously undisclosed bank account in China.
https://www.nbcnews.com/rachel-maddo...versy-n1244186


Whistleblower says Ivanka, Jared got security clearance over experts' advice
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKCN1RD2HU


https://time.com/4578431/donald-trump-conflicts-of-interest-list/
2. Foreign Interests

More than 100 Trump companies have done business in 18 countries. One extraordinary conflict of interest is an effort by eight mysterious Trump companies established on the eve of Trump’s campaign to develop luxury real estate projects in Saudi Arabia—a country that Trump explicitly said he hopes to protect as president.

It’s also clear that Trump may not be shy about mixing and matching official White House duties with those involving foreign business interests. Just last week, Trump met with three Indian business partners at Trump Tower to discuss a luxury apartment complex they’re developing together near Mumbai, the New York Times reported. For this meeting, at least, there was no apparent effort to separate his business dealings from his work as the President-elect, though a spokeswoman for the Trump organization described it as nothing more than a courtesy visit rather than a business meeting. Those Indian executives, however, have told Indian newspapers that they had been discussing the possibility of expanding their business deals with the Trump organization now that he was the President-elect, the Times reported.

Regardless of whether any sorts of business partnership expansions were discussed, legal experts say that such meetings alone raise conflict of interest questions for Trump because there is at least the appearance that he could be using the White House to advance his own business interests. Ivanka Trump joined a Trump White House transition team meeting with Japan’s leader, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, last week, which prompted even more questions about how closely aligned Trump’s business interests will be with affairs of state.


3. Family Matters

Relatives and family members who are currently making important decisions about what a Trump administration will look like will come under intense media scrutiny—especially for those who choose to work in the White House or take on official advisory council posts. Trump’s closest advisors have said in recent weeks that they would like to see his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, become a senior White House official, reflecting his clear and obvious role in major decisions the President-elect has made since the election.

Kushner, for instance, has been widely credited with the decision to replace Gov. Chris Christie as the head of the Trump transition efforts. There is, however, a large, potential conflict of interest looming. After former President John F. Kennedy made his brother, Robert, the attorney general, Congress passed an anti-nepotism law. That 1967 law is still on the books, and there isn’t an easy way around it—even if Kushner chooses not to take a salary as a senior White House official. It bans public officials, especially presidents, from hiring their relatives for jobs in federal agencies and Cabinet posts.

Trump advisors, however, believe the anti-nepotism law doesn’t apply to the White House—a conflict that could be tested early in Trump’s presidency if he allows his son-in-law to operate out of the West Wing. “This falls right in the bull’s eye of the statute. I think it’s illegal,” Norm Eisen, who was President Obama’s chief ethics counsel, told Politico. Other legal experts, though, feel Kushner can serve as an unpaid advisor in the White House.

Republicans, likewise, don’t see any conflicts at all in Trump’s family members managing the national government. “For goodness sake, JFK put his brother over at the Justice Department. It’s not like these things are new and unprecedented,” Rep. Tom Cole said. And if Trump wants to give Kushner or his daughter, Ivanka Trump, access to intelligence briefings, he could appoint them to White House councils like the intelligence advisory board without any oversight from Congress or intelligence agencies providing classified briefings.

https://time.com/4578431/donald-trump-conflicts-of-interest-list/


5. Lending, Financial Institutions and Economic Policy

And, in the U.S., economic and monetary policy discussions at a Trump White House will have a direct impact on federal institutions like Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the Internal Revenue Service—all of which impact, audit or affect both his domestic and international business interests. The question of whether Trump is taking his own business interests into White House consideration on financial and economic policy considerations is one that critics and others are almost certain to raise repeatedly during his presidency.


40 Wall Street
40 Wall street
The Trump Organization owns the right to lease the space in this office building in Manhattan - and makes money from the rent paid to the building.

According to Bloomberg News, there are five ongoing federal investigations into current or former tenants of 40 Wall Street, mostly for securities fraud.

Those investigations are headed up by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Mr Trump's appointee to head the SEC, Jay Clayton, has been criticised for his ties to Wall Street firms by Democrats during his confirmation hearings.


Dakota Access Pipeline
Native Americans march to the site of a sacred burial ground that was disturbed by bulldozers building the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), near the encampment where hundreds of people have gathered to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's protest of the oil pipeline slated to cross the nearby Missouri River, September 4, 2016 near Cannon Ball, North Dakota

It's unclear if the president has also sold his stock in Phillips 66, as his last financial disclosure was in May 2016.

Update:

On 24 January, Mr Trump signed an executive order paving the way for final construction of the pipeline. ETP began work in early February and oil is expected to flow by early April. The pipeline remains the subject of a lawsuit by the Cheyenne River Sioux.


Deutsche Bank
One of Trump's major lenders on his real estate projects is Deutsche Bank.

The bank is currently in negotiations with the US justice department to settle a case involving misleading buyers when it sold mortgage bonds backed by risky loans.

Update: Deutsche Bank settled the mortgage bonds case for $7.2bn in late December 2016.


The FCC
The president has another job title beyond "commander-in-chief": executive producer. He will continue to have a "big stake" in The Celebrity Apprentice, which airs on NBC, linking Mr Trump's business interests with the network.

NBC and its parent company, Comcast, is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Mr Trump's pick for the chairman, Ajit Pai, will be need to be reconfirmed by the Senate this year, in order to continue on at the commission.


National Labor Relations Board
On 3 November, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that Trump International Hotel Las Vegas - which Trump co-owns - broke the law by refusing to negotiate with a hotel workers' union.

The hotel appealed the case to a higher court. But three other labour disputes involving the Las Vegas hotel are currently before the board, as well as several others involving the Trump Organization.

NLRB is facing an unprecedented situation on how to rule on disputes that will affect the president's business. Mr Trump has named current board member Philip Miscimarra as acting chair and will be able to appoint two new members to vacant spots.


Secret Service
Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump departs in his plane after rallying with supporters in a cargo hangar at Minneapolis Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. November 6, 2016

During the campaign, Trump's airplane company, TAG Air, billed the Secret Service for flying on Trump's Boeing 757 while protecting the candidate. It is standard for Secret Service to pay their own way on private aircraft, and during the campaign, this was tracked by the Federal Election Commission through campaign finance reports.

Secret Service has also paid to protect Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr, as members of the president's family - even as they travel to take care of business for the Trump Organization.


Stocks
Jason Miller, the transition team's spokesman, has said the president sold all his stocks in June 2016, a month after the required financial disclosure, but the campaign did not furnish proof nor provide an updated list of Mr Trump's investments.

Since his election, Mr Trump has singled out specific companies for criticism on Twitter, causing price swings on the stock market. If Mr Trump still owns these stocks, he could make money off of selling and buying before and after such tweets.


Foreign holdings
According to Trump's financial disclosure, as of mid-2016, he had investments in or owned companies in at least 20 countries. Unlike his domestic business, Mr Trump could run afoul of a clause in the US constitution by continuing to profit from these deals.

The emoluments clause specifically prevents anyone who holds a US "office of trust or profit" from accepting gifts, payments or any benefit from a foreign nation.

Even routine business benefits like tax breaks could violate the emoluments clause.

One former White House ethics lawyer has argued Mr Trump would be violation of the constitution "on day one".

In addition to emoluments, Mr Trump's foreign policy decisions could be called into question in any country in which the Trump Organization does business, especially when his policies would benefit the firm's holdings overseas.Here are some of Mr Trump's larger business deals that intersect with US foreign policy.

BBC Monitoring contributed to this report



Argentina
An Argentine broadcaster reported that Mr Trump allegedly asked President Mauricio Macri for his support to build an office tower in Buenos Aires while on call during Mr Trump's transition period.

Mr Macri's office and the Trump campaign have denied the report.

However, several days later, the Buenos Aires firm building the tower announced construction of the project was going ahead after years of delays.


Brazil
A waterfront property in Rio de Janeiro, branded with the Trump name through a licensing deal, is the subject of a federal inquiry after two small Brazilian pension funds invested heavily in the unfinished project, with allegations of bribery.

Update: The Trump Organization has reportedly cancelled their licensing deal with the developers in Rio. Trump lawyer Alan Garten told the AP in December this and a few other cancellations were "normal housekeeping" and not part of a strategy to reduce potential conflicts of interests.



Canada
The Trump Organization has licensing deals with two hotel towers in Canada - one in Toronto and one in Vancouver.

The Vancouver building is now open, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by the Trump sons, but the Toronto tower is up for auction after the developer went bankrupt and was put into receivership by a Canadian judge in November.


China
The Bank of China is one of China's largest banks and also majority state-owned. It holds the title on a $950m loan for a New York Building in which Trump is a part owner. Mr Trump has previously labelled China a currency manipulator.

Another largely government-owned Chinese bank - the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China - has space in Trump Tower, paying rent to the Trump Organization.

The Trump Organization has also previously attempted to open a series of hotels in the country, and Trump Hotels chief executive Eric Danziger told a Hong Kong media outlet in October they wanted to open 20 to 30 hotels in the country in 2017.
Meanwhile, Trump's son-in-law and now senior adviser, Jared Kushner, was negotiating a deal with China's Anbang Insurance Group to redevelop 666 Fifth Avenue in New York City before backing out of talks in late March.

Mr Kushner has been given a senior role inside the White House. His lawyer told the New York Times he "would recuse from particular matters that would have a direct and predictable effect on his remaining financial interests" without giving specifics.

Ivanka Trump, who has her own non-paying position at the White House, has advised her father on a broad number of policy areas, including high-profile foreign policy meetings.

On the same day she sat next to Chinese President at a dinner at Mar-a-Lago, the Chinese government approved three new trademarks for Ms Trump's firm to sell items in China.

While Ms Trump has moved her firm to a trust and said she will not partake in decisions could led to conflicts, ethics experts are concerned with the broadening scope of both her business, which bears her name, and her advisory role at the White House.



Dominican Republic
Despite a promise to do "no new deals" while Mr Trump is in office, the Trump Organization is testing that definition in the Dominican Republic.

The firm with developers of a beachfront planned community but the project stalled, and Trump sued in 2012 for unpaid licencing fees.

After a settlement of that lawsuit, the developments did not use the Trump name or discuss any involvement with the Trump Organization.

But in February, owners made a show of announcing Eric Trump had toured the project, saying "we are excited to be working with the Trump Organization in the future phases of the project".

A Trump Organization lawyer has described the deal as "never dead" and said discussions were "very preliminary" but some investors were surprised to find the firm was still technically involved in the project.



Georgia
The Trump Organization cancelled a licensing deal to build a condo tower in the resort town of Batumi, Georgia, shortly after Mr Trump won the election.

The deal had been originally inked in 2011 but stalled amid slow growth in the country.

One of the business partners involved in the deal told Forbes the firm had expressly told him the reason the deal was cancelled was concerns over the Emoluments Clause, despite a Trump lawyer's earlier statement the cancellation was "not part of a strategy to reduce potential conflicts of interests".


ndia
Trump has a licensing deal for buildings in Mumbai and Pune.

One of his deals is with the Lodha Group, whose founder, Mangal Lodha, is also a vice-president in the ruling government party, BJP.Shortly after Mr Trump won the presidency, some of his Indian business partners flew to the US to congratulate Mr Trump, who took time out of transition meetings to discuss "US-India relations".

Indonesia
Two building projects with Trump licensing and management deals have not begun construction in earnest but the Trump Organization continues to be part of the venture.

Mr Trump's partner on the resort projects is Hary Tanoesoedibjo, who ran for vice-president and is well-connected politically in Indonesia. Mr Hary is forming a political party in anticipation of the 2019 elections, the New York Times reports.

In addition, one of Trump's advisers, Carl Icahn, is a major shareholder of Freeport, which is looking to extend a mining contract with the Indonesia government.

Japan
Ivanka Trump sat in with a meeting with her father and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Ms Trump's own firm is currently finalising a licensing deal with Japanese clothing company Sanei International, although she has now stepped down from the firm as well as the Trump Organization.

The firm's largest shareholder is the Japanese government through the Development Bank of Japan. Ms Trump's company says the deal has been in the works for a while, and the terms were agreed before the election.

Philippines
Philippines' newest trade envoy to the United States is the same man who is building Trump Tower Manila. Like many of Trump's branding projects, Mr Trump does not own the building himself, but licenses his name to the building in return for regular payments.

Trump family members have previously promoted the project, including a promotional video.

The trade envoy/business partner reportedly flew to US to hold a private meeting with Mr Trump after the election.

Saudi Arabia
During the course of the campaign, Trump created eight business ventures tied to a potential real estate deal in Saudi Arabia.

Mr Trump told Fox News earlier this year, he "would want to protect Saudi Arabia. But Saudi Arabia is going to have to help us economically".

Update: A Trump Organization lawyer has told the AP the eight firms have been dissolved or shut and that there is "no deal" in Saudi Arabia. However, the firm could easily re-establish business ties there.


Taiwan
In September, a woman claiming to be an envoy for the Trump Organization discussed potential real estate developments in Taiwan with the mayor of Taoyuan.

The Trump Organization has denied any plans for expansion there and said there were no "authorised visits" to discuss business in the country. The Taoyan mayor's office said the woman had "authorisation documents" but did not specify what kind, the New York Times reported.

A month after his election, Trump called the president of Taiwan directly, breaking decades of existing US foreign policy. It still unclear if the woman is connected with the Trump Organization

Turkey

In 2008, Trump entered a licensing partnership with Turkish conglomerate Dogan Holdings, who were planning to build two residential and business towers in Istanbul's business district.

Relations between Dogan Holdings and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan have turned sour since the towers opened in 2012.

The Dogan family, also own a paper critical of Mr Erdogan.

An earlier story from Newsweek argues the poisoned relationship between Mr Erdogan and the Dogans means Mr Trump would have a direct conflict between his business interests and his relationship with a US ally.

Turkey's importance in the fight against IS and the Syrian civil war makes the stakes much higher.


UK golf courses
Presumptive Republican nominee for US president Donald Trump visits Trump International Golf Links on June 25, 2016 in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Mr Trump owns two golf courses in Scotland and has recently asked Nigel Farage to oppose wind farms, not because he believed they were bad for the UK or contradicted US energy goals, but because a wind project would potentially lower the value of one of his golf courses.

"He did not say he hated wind farms as a concept; he just did not like them spoiling the views," Andy Wigmore, the Leave.EU communications director at the meeting told the New York Times and the Express.

The golf courses could also be affected as part of Brexit negotiations or a second Scottish independence referendum.

https://www.wsj.com/graphics/donald-trump-potential-conflicts-of-interest/
Trump, His Children, and 500+ Potential Conflicts of Interest
President-elect Donald Trump's complex holdings place him in an unprecedented position


Trump has amassed 3,000 conflicts of interest since taking office
Government watchdog CREW revealed that the president racks up the equivalent of two conflicts of interest per day

https://www.salon.com/2020/03/01/trump-has-amassed-3000-conflicts-of-interest-since-taking-office/

[boutons_deux]

Two Lawyers Shot, One Dead

Amid FBI Probe Of Texas AG Ken Paxton

The victims in a weekend shooting at a central El Paso home have been identified, both were lawyers who worked for the Texas Attorney General's Office.

Georgette Kaufman was shot and killed, while her husband 47-year-old Daniel Kaufman remained hospitalized Tuesday in stable condition but was expected to recover.

That is horrific and tragic news, but it becomes perplexing in light of yesterday’s news out of Texas.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/11/18/1996595/-Two-Lawyers-Shot-Amid-FBI-Probe-Of-Texas-AG-Ken-Paxton

My speculation: the shot lawyers were enemies of Paxton expected to squeal to FBI

[Ef-man]

And he is still not in jail, damn.

Amid FBI probe, Texas official hired from big donor family

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is under FBI investigation over claims of using his office to help a political donor, gave a job in recent months to another supporter: a onetime neighbor whose family chipped in $50,000 to help the Republican fight a 2015 felony indictment.

The hiring of Tom Gleason, a former ice cream company executive whose career had little in common with his new $95,000-a-year state law enforcement role, adds to the mounting examples of Paxton using his office in ways that have benefitted donors, friends and political allies. The Associated Press confirmed Gleason went to work for Paxton in December through documents obtained under open records law.

The job did not last long: Gleason was fired after less than two months, but records offer no explanation as to why.

Paxton declined to answer a question about Gleason during an online forum about technology on Wednesday. The attorney general's office and Gleason have not responded to repeated requests for comment.

In 2016, Paxton reported on financial disclosures that Gleason's father gave him $50,000 — one of the largest contributions to a legal defense fund the attorney general started after being indicted on felony securities fraud charges. More recent disclosures show Paxton also accepted lodging and airplane travel from Tom Gleason in 2019, but the documents do not say to where or the value of the trip.

Paxton has pleaded not guilty in the securities fraud case. He now faces separate legal troubles sparked last fall when much of his senior staff reported him to the FBI for allegedly breaking the law to help an Austin businessman. Gleason’s hiring is a connection between the two controversies.

Accepting gifts in exchange for favors is prohibited under the attorney general's internal guidelines, but the handbook makes no mention of hiring donors or supporters.

https://news.yahoo.com/amid-fbi-probe-texas-official-232505106.html

[Winehole23]

The lawsuit filed against our felony indicted AG will go forward

1451198988154068998

[Winehole23]

Louie Gohmert to run for AG

1462961337949204485

[Blake]

Louie Gohmert to run for AG

1462961337949204485

Oh fuck.

[Winehole23]

Oh fuck.most definitely could win

[Winehole23]

weird case referred to AG Paxton

1463002933210058756


https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/2021/11/19/records-identify-shooter-nov-5-homicide/8689360002/

[Winehole23]

1463380007032700928

Harvey Kronberg

[Winehole23]

Over/under on upcoming Trumptard whataboutism posts? 2.5?


ZeroHeld up.

Zero conservative takes so far on our crooked AG.

[Winehole23]

Over/under on upcoming Trumptard whataboutism posts? 2.5?


Zero


Held up.

Zero conservative takes so far on our crooked AG.Still zero


https://i.gifer.com/g2vI.gif

[Winehole23]

Felony indicted AG alleged to have broken the law again

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article257309502.html

[Winehole23]

A bad penny always turns up

1495772106981793796

[RandomGuy]

Louie Gohmert to run for AG

1462961337949204485

Just when you thought they couldn't get dumber or crookeder.

[boutons_deux]

There is no bottom to the Texas shit hole

these shit bags Are elected by Texans so if you vote for a shit bag does that make you a shit bag?

[Winehole23]

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[pgardn]

Anecdotal observation:

Gohmert signs up for the most consistent red team members in my neck of the woods.
Zero Paxton signs. Red team wants Paxton out I’m betting.

[Winehole23]

So much for letting the market decide.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FNhlhbdXEAAgROb?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FNhlUMTXsDMAxSI?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

[Winehole23]

Texas Bar investigates Paxton, within hours Paxton retaliates.

1522615285219577856

[SnakeBoy]

Ken Paxton defeats George P. Bush in Texas Republican primary runoff for attorney general

[ChumpDumper]

Yep, your party.

[SnakeBoy]

Yep, your party.

:tu

[ChumpDumper]

Yep, you're soulless and craven.

[Winehole23]

Yep, you're soulless and craven.he's cool with our crooked AG.

brazen impunity to law is a flex, not least for felony indicted Ken Paxton. in any normative political scenario, his own party would make him resign.

[Winehole23]

Instead, they allow him to stand for reelection.

[Winehole23]

A bad penny always turns up

1495772106981793796Paxton bends the knee, Texas taxpayers will foot the bill.


Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (https://www.nbcdfw.com/tag/ken-paxton/) has agreed to apologize and pay $3.3 million in taxpayer money to four former staffers who accused him of corruption in 2020, igniting an ongoing FBI (https://www.nbcdfw.com/tag/fbi/) investigation of the three-term Republican.

Under terms of a preliminary lawsuit settlement filed Friday, Paxton made no admission of wrongdoing to accusations of bribery and abuse of office, which he has denied for years and called politically motivated.

But Paxton did commit to making a remarkable public apology toward some of his formerly trusted advisers whom he fired or forced out after they reported him to the FBI. He called them "rogue employees" after they accused Paxton of misusing his office to help one of his campaign contributors, who also employed a woman with whom the attorney general acknowledged having an extramarital affair.

The attorney general's office did not immediately respond to a voicemail message seeking comment Friday.

Both sides signed a mediated agreement that was filed in the Texas Supreme Court and will be followed by a longer, formalized settlement.

"Attorney General Ken Paxton accepts that plaintiffs acted in a manner that they thought was right and apologizes for referring to them as 'rogue employees,'" the final settlement must state, according to court records.

In all, eight members of Paxton's senior staff joined in the extraordinary revolt in 2020 and either resigned or were fired. The settlement is with four of them who sued under Texas' whistleblower law.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/ken-paxton-agrees-to-apologize-pay-3-3m-in-taxpayer-money-to-staffers-who-accused-him-of-corruption/3191800/

[Ef-man]

Paxton bends the knee, Texas taxpayers will foot the bill.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/ken-paxton-agrees-to-apologize-pay-3-3m-in-taxpayer-money-to-staffers-who-accused-him-of-corruption/3191800/

Ain't that a bitch!

He fucks up and taxpayers foot the bill.

[Winehole23]

Texas Lege might put away its rubber stamp, a very welcome development.


House Speaker Dade Phelan said he does not support the use of taxpayer dollars to fund Attorney General Ken Paxton’s $3.3 million settlement (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/texas-ag-ken-paxton-settles-lawsuits-accusing-17776816.php) with four former aides who accused him of taking bribes.

Phelan, a Beaumont Republican, does not anticipate that the money will be included in the House budget, he said in a Wednesday interview with CBS DFW (https://twitter.com/CBSDFW/status/1626021946168057856).
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/article/house-speaker-taxpayers-shouldn-t-pay-paxton-s-17788353.php
https://twitter.com/CBSDFW/status/1626021946168057856

[Winehole23]

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[FuzzyLumpkins]

Paxton bends the knee, Texas taxpayers will foot the bill.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/ken-paxton-agrees-to-apologize-pay-3-3m-in-taxpayer-money-to-staffers-who-accused-him-of-corruption/3191800/

Not saying that it is not true but that article doesn't specify whether or not the Office of the AG or Paxton himself assumes liability.

[Winehole23]

You missed the update, Fuzzy.


Texas Lege might put away its rubber stamp, a very welcome development.


House Speaker Dade Phelan said he does not support the use of taxpayer dollars to fund Attorney General Ken Paxton’s $3.3 million settlement (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/texas-ag-ken-paxton-settles-lawsuits-accusing-17776816.php) with four former aides who accused him of taking bribes.

Phelan, a Beaumont Republican, does not anticipate that the money will be included in the House budget, he said in a Wednesday interview with CBS DFW (https://twitter.com/CBSDFW/status/1626021946168057856).

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/article/house-speaker-taxpayers-shouldn-t-pay-paxton-s-17788353.php
https://twitter.com/CBSDFW/status/1626021946168057856

[Winehole23]

brassy


Paxton declines to say whether he would pay whistleblower settlement from campaign fundsUnder questioning in a House Appropriations subcommittee, Paxton's staff maintained that the OAG is the defendant, not Paxton personally

The State of Texas has spent roughly $600,000 so far fighting former employees of the Office of the Attorney General in court over their whistleblower lawsuit against AG Ken Paxton.http://quorumreport.com/quorum_report_daily_buzz_2023/paxton_declines_to_say_whether_he_would_pay_whistl _buzziid31417.html

[Winehole23]

felony indicted AG settles with former staffers who accused him of taking bribes, retracting and apologizing for his former characterization of the whistleblowers as rogues. and meekly beseeching the Texas Lege to pay the expenses of his office. for taking bribes and skirting legal responsibility for corrupting his office and retaliating on the whistleblowers

new frontiers in brazenness.

[Ef-man]

:lmao
What shit argument and admission of wrong doing. Cheaper to pay now than fight.

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office made its case on Tuesday for state budget writers to fund a $3.3 million whistleblower settlement, saying the cost to keep fighting the lawsuit would be far higher.

But the attorney general ducked a question about whether he would tap his own campaign coffers if the Legislature won’t pay the tab with taxpayer dollars.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/02/21/texas-ag-paxton-defends-33m-whistleblower-settlement-before-house-budget-writers/

[Winehole23]

Ken Paxton defeats George P. Bush in Texas Republican primary runoff for attorney general


Yep, your party.


:tuto date, the only reply from the conservative side.

*radioactive*

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[boutons_deux]

$3.3M whistleblower settlement with Paxton’s office in jeopardy, lawyers say (https://linkst.dallasnews.com/click/30774952.16396/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFsbGFzbmV3cy5jb20vbmV3cy9wb2xpdG ljcy8yMDIzLzAzLzA4LzMzbS13aGlzdGxlYmxvd2VyLXNldHRs ZW1lbnQtd2l0aC1wYXh0b25zLW9mZmljZS1pbi1qZW9wYXJkeS 1sYXd5ZXJzLXNheS8_c2FpbHRocnVfaWQ9NjI2ODA4MGNkNDVm OWQwM2Y0NWNiNmVh/6268080cd45f9d03f45cb6eaC502f5810)






A group of whistleblowers who sued Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office are calling off a settlement they reached (https://linkst.dallasnews.com/click/30774952.16396/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFsbGFzbmV3cy5jb20vbmV3cy9wb2xpdG ljcy8yMDIzLzAzLzA4LzMzbS13aGlzdGxlYmxvd2VyLXNldHRs ZW1lbnQtd2l0aC1wYXh0b25zLW9mZmljZS1pbi1qZW9wYXJkeS 1sYXd5ZXJzLXNheS8_c2FpbHRocnVfaWQ9NjI2ODA4MGNkNDVm OWQwM2Y0NWNiNmVh/6268080cd45f9d03f45cb6eaD502f5810) after

the state agency refused to agree to the terms, lawyers said Wednesday.

The $3.3 million settlement agreement, reached last month, was contingent on funding approval from state lawmakers.

-- Dallas Morning News email

[pgardn]

$3.3M whistleblower settlement with Paxton’s office in jeopardy, lawyers say (https://linkst.dallasnews.com/click/30774952.16396/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFsbGFzbmV3cy5jb20vbmV3cy9wb2xpdG ljcy8yMDIzLzAzLzA4LzMzbS13aGlzdGxlYmxvd2VyLXNldHRs ZW1lbnQtd2l0aC1wYXh0b25zLW9mZmljZS1pbi1qZW9wYXJkeS 1sYXd5ZXJzLXNheS8_c2FpbHRocnVfaWQ9NjI2ODA4MGNkNDVm OWQwM2Y0NWNiNmVh/6268080cd45f9d03f45cb6eaC502f5810)






A group of whistleblowers who sued Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office are calling off a settlement they reached (https://linkst.dallasnews.com/click/30774952.16396/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZGFsbGFzbmV3cy5jb20vbmV3cy9wb2xpdG ljcy8yMDIzLzAzLzA4LzMzbS13aGlzdGxlYmxvd2VyLXNldHRs ZW1lbnQtd2l0aC1wYXh0b25zLW9mZmljZS1pbi1qZW9wYXJkeS 1sYXd5ZXJzLXNheS8_c2FpbHRocnVfaWQ9NjI2ODA4MGNkNDVm OWQwM2Y0NWNiNmVh/6268080cd45f9d03f45cb6eaD502f5810) after

the state agency refused to agree to the terms, lawyers said Wednesday.

The $3.3 million settlement agreement, reached last month, was contingent on funding approval from state lawmakers.

-- Dallas Morning News email






Good news.

[ChumpDumper]

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[Winehole23]

1661853205674729473about fuckin time

[pgardn]

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If this actually goes thru.... they gained a bit of respect.
Paxton must be a heavy anchor.
Must be a good replacement candidate for the red team.

[Winehole23]

If this actually goes thru.... they gained a bit of respect.
Paxton must be a heavy anchor.
Must be a good replacement candidate for the red team.If the House impeaches, Paxton will be suspended from office until the Senate trial concludes.

Impeachment articles here:

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/25/ken-paxton-20-articles-impeachment/

[Winehole23]

why now?

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[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxBOw_4WIAAXVRi?format=png&name=smallhttps://apnews.com/article/texas-attorney-general-paxton-impeachment-1eaccf00ce80d26c4fc94eab1672e1bd

[Adam Lambert]

Remember when Democrats forced Democrat Al Franken out of a Senate seat for making gropey hands in an old photo?

[scott]

Hence why Paxton has been going after Phelan, accusing him of being drunk during session :lol

Republican GOP already came out supporting Paxton, because of course they did

[ChumpDumper]

Snacks still loves Paxton.

[boutons_deux]

Sounds like TX shitbag Repugs have had enough of the scandals around shitbag Paxton.

Surprised if he keeps his job.

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxJTK_4X0AARV5k?format=jpg&name=largehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxJTLVLXwAMOaaO?format=jpg&name=medium

[Winehole23]

A member of the House General Investigative Committee said Attorney General Ken Paxton (https://www.texastribune.org/directory/ken-paxton/) called several lawmakers and threatened them with political consequences if they voted for his impeachment.
“I would like to point out that several members of this House while on the floor of this House, doing the state business, received telephone calls from general Paxton personally, threatening them with political consequences in their next election,” state Rep. Charlie Geren (https://www.texastribune.org/directory/charlie-geren/) said.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/27/texas-ken-paxton-impeachment-updates/

[ChumpDumper]

I wonder if his wife would recuse herself in a senate trial.

:lol who am I kidding? Of course she wouldn't.

[Winehole23]

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[Monostradamus]

daboom1 tough day for your boy

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[Ef-man]

I wonder if his wife would recuse herself in a senate trial.

:lol who am I kidding? Of course she wouldn't.

Yes, you know it, she will vote early and often! :lol

[Ef-man]

daboom1 tough day for your boy

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He must be in mourning or in korea with qtsa and is unable to comment on this travesty. :lol

[Extra Stout]

There will be political consequences for Republicans in the House who voted to impeach Paxton, because the Republican base wants criminals in power. This is because the Republican base is a bunch of shit-eating, cousin-fucking crackers who masturbate to fantasies of murdering blacks, homosexuals, and progressive activists. They want criminals in power who will murder the people they hate.

[boutons_deux]

Cruz and Trash the criminal attorney general

[pgardn]

What the hell has happened...
This is shocking.

The dude was voted in and we already knew most of this shit?
Maybe Paxton calls upon the true blooded Texans to raid the Capitol in Austin.
Possibly a bunch of bikers from Waco just take a drive down to follow examples of their brethren in Austin.

[pgardn]

There will be political consequences for Republicans in the House who voted to impeach Paxton, because the Republican base wants criminals in power. This is because the Republican base is a bunch of shit-eating, cousin-fucking crackers who masturbate to fantasies of murdering blacks, homosexuals, and progressive activists. They want criminals in power who will murder the people they hate.

Jesus...

Someone despises the red team more than I do...
Is it possible the red team actually has testicles ? Im not getting this.

[Blake]

Next up, prosecute that turdfuck.

[Spurs Homer]

Next up, prosecute that turdfuck.

whats funny is…

there are multiple repukes you could be talking about when you say - prosecute that turdfuck!

[MultiTroll]

What the hell has happened...
This is shocking.

The dude was voted in and we already knew most of this shit?
Maybe Paxton calls upon the true blooded Texans to raid the Capitol in Austin.
Possibly a bunch of bikers from Waco just take a drive down to follow examples of their brethren in Austin.


Jesus...

Someone despises the red team more than I do...
Is it possible the red team actually has testicles ? Im not getting this.
Sure seems that Paxton did something like failed to share corruption money as promised with fellow turds.

Does seem impossible that it was for any Texass GOP legit moral outrage.

[Spurs Homer]

Sure seems that Paxton did something like failed to share corruption money as promised with fellow turds.

Does seem impossible that it was for any Texass GOP legit moral outrage.

havent kept up completely…

but if i understood it correctly-

that 3.3 million that Paxton asked congress to pay for his settlement on his felonies, well not only would the taxpayers have to foot the criminal’s crimes…

congress itself would have HAD TO admit on the record that CONGRESS had seen the evidence and AGREED that the evidence against Paxton did not merit paxtons prosecution- or something to that effect
(someone here might explain it better- not claiming to know these details exactly)

so congress took umbrage that they would be - on the record/COMPLICIT in paxtons crimes

not sure why these corrupt assholes drew the line NOW - after being complicit for years tho’

[daboom1]

daboom1 tough day for your boy

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non-issue

[ChumpDumper]

non-issue

Explain how being suspended from his job by his own party and going on trial is a non-issue, Qhris.

[Blake]

non-issue

:lol

[CosmicCowboy]

Finally.

[HemisfairArena]

Explain how being suspended from his job by his own party and going on trial is a non-issue, Qhris.

Explain how you have a life with 140,000 posts,,,,,

[ChumpDumper]

Explain how you have a life with 140,000 posts,,,,,

It's quite easy if one isn't a brain-dead boomer such as yourself.:tu

[Winehole23]

a leopard never loses its spots

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[Winehole23]

Paxton's #2



Webster also played a prominent role in a whistleblower lawsuit filed in 2020 by four former executives who claim they were fired from the attorney general’s office in retaliation for reporting their concerns about Paxton’s behavior to law enforcement.


Webster, the lawsuit alleged, personally fired or participated in the firing of several of the whistleblowers and contributed to an atmosphere of harassment and intimidation directed against whistleblowers.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/29/paxton-impeachment-brent-webster/

[HemisfairArena]

It's quite easy if one isn't a brain-dead boomer such as yourself.:tu

Chumper cant explain,,,typical no lifer,,,,

[daboom1]

Explain how you have a life with 140,000 posts,,,,,

ez gotheem

[daboom1]

It's quite easy if one isn't a brain-dead boomer such as yourself.:tu

Chump learned a new word :lol

[ChumpDumper]

Chump learned a new word :lol

It's almost as old as that Trumptard.

[CosmicCowboy]

I think its funny that some people think boomer is an insult.

[daboom1]

non-issue

According to 665.081 of the Texas Government Code, an officer in the state may not be removed from office for an act the officer may have committed before the officer’s election to office.

This impeachment is illegal. :tu

[ChumpDumper]

According to 665.081 of the Texas Government Code, an officer in the state may not be removed from office for an act the officer may have committed before the officer’s election to office.

This impeachment is illegal. :tu:lmao Qhris has not read even one article of impeachment.

Why do you feel compelled to proudly proclaim your ignorance so frequently, Qhris?

[Winehole23]

According to 665.081 of the Texas Government Code, an officer in the state may not be removed from office for an act the officer may have committed before the officer’s election to office.

This impeachment is illegal. :tulol simple Chris

only 3 of 20 of the articles relate to stuff Paxton did before he was elected.


Article 1, disregard of official duty

Paxton violated the duties of his office by failing to protect a charitable organization by directing employees to intervene in a lawsuit between the nonprofit Mitte Foundation and Austin real estate investor Nate Paul, a Paxton friend and political donor. “Paxton harmed the Mitte Foundation in an effort to benefit Paul,” the resolution said,


Article 2, disregard of official duty

Paxton misused his official power to issue written legal opinions to help Paul avoid foreclosure sales of properties owned by Paul and his businesses.​​ Paxton concealed his actions by soliciting state Sen. Bryan Hughes (https://www.texastribune.org/directory/bryan-hughes/), R-Mineola, to seek the attorney general’s opinion as a “straw requestor,” the resolution said, adding that Paxton also directed employees to reverse their legal conclusions in ways that helped Paul.


Article 3, disregard of official duty

Paxton misused his official power to administer the state’s public information laws by directing employees to act contrary to the law on an open records request for Department of Public Safety documents and in another unspecified case.

Article 4, disregard of official duty

Paxton misused his power to administer public information laws to obtain previously undisclosed information held by his office “for the purpose of providing the information to the benefit of Nate Paul,” the resolution said.

Article 5, disregard of official duty

Paxton misused his official powers by violating the laws regarding how outside attorneys should be appointed. Paxton hired Brandon Cammack, a lawyer of five years, to investigate a “baseless complaint” made by Paul, who had accused federal and state investigators of improperly searching his home and businesses. Cammack responded by issuing 30 grand jury subpoenas in an effort to help Paul, the resolution said.

Article 6, disregard of official duty

Paxton violated his duties of office by firing or retaliating against employees in violation of the Texas Whistleblowers Act, which protects public employees who make good-faith reports of potentially illegal action to law enforcement.

“Paxton terminated the employees without good cause or due process and in retaliation for reporting his illegal acts and improper conduct,” the resolution said. “Furthermore, Paxton engaged in a public and private campaign to impugn the employees’ professional reputations or prejudice their future employment.”

Article 7, misapplication of public resources

Paxton misused public resources by directing employees to conduct a “sham investigation” into the whistleblowers’ complaints, leading the attorney general’s office to publish “a lengthy written report containing false or misleading statements in Paxton’s defense.”



Article 8, disregard of official duty

Paxton misused his official powers by “concealing his wrongful acts in connection with the whistleblower complaints.” To settle the whistleblowers’ lawsuit, Paxton agreed to pay them $3.3 million from public funds. The agreement “conspicuously delayed the discovery of facts and testimony at trial, to Paxton’s advantage” and deprived voters of the opportunity to make an informed decision in the 2022 election for attorney general, the resolution said.

Article 9, constitutional bribery

Paxton engaged in bribery in violation of Article 16 of the Texas Constitution when he benefited from Paul’s decision to employ a woman “with whom Paxton was having an extramarital affair.”

“Paul received favorable legal assistance from, or specialized access to, the office of the attorney general,” the resolution said.

Article 10, constitutional bribery

Paxton engaged in bribery in violation of Article 16 of the Texas Constitution when Paul provided extensive renovations to Paxton’s Austin home. In return, Paul received favorable legal help from Paxton’s agency.

Article 11, obstruction of justice

Paxton abused the judicial process to thwart justice by causing “protracted” delays after a Collin County grand jury indicted him for securities fraud for soliciting investors in Servergy Inc. without disclosing that the McKinney tech company was paying him to round up investors. Those delays “deprived the electorate of its opportunity to make an informed decision when voting for attorney general,” the resolution said.

Article 12, obstruction of justice

Paxton abused the judicial process to thwart justice when Jeff Blackard, a donor to his campaigns, took legal action that “disrupted payment of the prosecutors” in the securities fraud case against him, causing a protracted delay in the case.

Article 13, false statements in official records

Before and after holding public office, Paxton made false statements to mislead the public and public officials by lying to the State Securities Board during its investigation of Paxton’s failure to register as an investment adviser as required by state law.

Article 14, false statements in official records

Before and during his time in office, Paxton made false statements on personal finance statements required by Texas law by failing to “fully and accurately disclose his financial interests” on disclosure forms.

Article 15, false statements in official records

Paxton made, or caused others to make, multiple false or misleading statements in his office’s response to the whistleblowers’ claims in an effort to mislead the public and public officials. In August 2021, the attorney general’s office issued an unsigned, 374-page internal report (https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/24/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-bribery-report/) clearing him of wrongdoing in the allegations made by the fired employees.

Article 16, conspiracy and attempted conspiracy

While in office, Paxton acted with others to conspire, or attempt to conspire, to commit the crimes described in the other articles.

Article 17, misappropriation of public resources

Paxton misused his official powers by causing employees to perform services for his benefit and the benefit of others.

The committee’s investigators said Paxton had diverted employees to perform work that benefited Paul, costing the state at least $72,000 in taxpayer-funded labor. He also hired Cammack for $25,000.

Article 18, dereliction of duty

Paxton violated the Texas Constitution, his oaths of office, plus statutes and public policy against public officials acting against the public interest.

Article 19, unfitness for office

Paxton engaged in private and public misconduct, described in the articles, that “indicate his unfitness for office,” the resolution said.

Article 20, abuse of public trust

Paxton subverted the lawful operation of Texas government by using, misusing or failing to use his official powers and obstructed the fair and impartial administration of justice, bringing the attorney general’s office “into scandal and disrepute,” which harmed the public’s confidence in the state’s government.https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/25/ken-paxton-20-articles-impeachment/

[Ef-man]

lol simple Chris

only 3 of 20 of the articles relate to stuff Paxton did before he was elected.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/25/ken-paxton-20-articles-impeachment/

gotheem!!!!

[MultiTroll]

According to 665.081 of the Texas Government Code, an officer in the state may not be removed from office for an act the officer may have committed before the officer’s election to office.

This impeachment is illegal. :tu
A for effort
https://sm.mashable.com/t/mashable_in/news/r/rudy-giuli/rudy-giulianis-hair-dye-streaked-down-his-face-in-bizarre-pr_6fy8.1248.jpg

[ElNono]

I think its funny that some people think boomer is an insult.

I think it's hilarious boomers are oblivious to it

[ElNono]

:lmao Qhris has not read even one article of impeachment.

Why do you feel compelled to proudly proclaim your ignorance so frequently, Qhris?

ez gotheem

[Winehole23]

Not sure about the scheduling implications. Will this be a special session? Hard to imagine there won't be unrelated shenanigans if so.

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[Winehole23]

Nate Paul arrested

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

(The Nate Paul indictment apparently relates in no way to Paxton, but rather to lies Paul allegedly told financial institutions.)

[Winehole23]

Yep, you're soulless and craven.


:tu


he's cool with our crooked AG.

brazen impunity to law is a flex, not least for felony indicted Ken Paxton. in any normative political scenario, his own party would make him resign.


Instead, they allow him to stand for reelection.iirc, the local Rs voted against Paxton in the impeachment, is that right?

[Winehole23]

CCA backs the original trial judge -- 8 years later

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[Winehole23]

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[Nbadan]

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WTF ...Is the Texas Republican Party really condemning The Texas Republican House

That is some wackadoo stuff even for Texas

[Winehole23]

WTF ...Is the Texas Republican Party really condemning The Texas Republican House

That is some wackadoo stuff even for TexasPolitical power is more important than integrity and values.

[Winehole23]

On a late-September Wednesday in 2020, several of Attorney General Ken Paxton (https://www.texastribune.org/directory/ken-paxton/)’s highest-ranking deputies walked into the FBI’s Austin office to make an explosive accusation: Their boss, one of the state’s most influential Republicans, appeared to be dirty.


Paxton, they said, had personally directed his powerful agency to take unusual and probably illegal actions to help a friend and campaign donor, Austin real estate investor Nate Paul, who was under federal investigation for fraud.


Paxton’s interest in Paul’s plight was bizarre, obsessive and so far beyond normal operations at the attorney general’s office that the agency’s top officials struggled to convey their concerns during the hourslong meeting with two FBI agents.


In addition to obstruction of justice, harassment and abuse of office, they added, Paxton had apparently accepted bribes from Paul.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/16/ken-paxton-impeachment-allegations/

[Winehole23]

Back in the office the next day, seven of the agency’s top-ranking officials sent Paxton a text message saying they had reported him to the authorities and asking him to meet them in an eighth-floor conference room in two hours “to discuss this matter.”

Paxton did not respond.

It was Oct. 1, 2020. By mid-November, three of the officials had resigned, and the other four had been fired. An eighth official, David Maxwell, who ran the law enforcement division, was on vacation and unavailable to meet with the FBI agents. He made a separate report to authorities. He, too, was fired.

Paxton said he had committed no crimes and claimed all eight executives were “rogue employees” bent on impeding his agency’s legitimate investigation into disturbing allegations made by Paul, who claimed federal search warrants had been tampered with after his home and businesses were searched in 2019.

[Winehole23]

According to several of the fired officials, however, forensic experts concluded that there was no evidence that the warrants had been doctored. Paxton rejected the conclusion, then skirted agency rules to hire an outside lawyer to investigate Paul’s tampering claim.

It was one of several occasions when Paxton took an unprecedented personal interest in Paul’s affairs, according to a 2020 whistleblower lawsuit by four former executives who claimed they were wrongly fired in retaliation for reporting Paxton to the authorities.

[Winehole23]

Impeachment investigation expands

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[Winehole23]

lost the support of folks at home

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[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxJTLVLXwAMOaaO?format=jpg&name=medium

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[Winehole23]

it's not illegal for your buddy to help you hook up with your side piece, but operating the Texas AG's office as a concierge legal service to that buddy in return might be. seems obviously impeachable if they've got the receipts.

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[Winehole23]

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[RandomGuy]

(The Nate Paul indictment apparently relates in no way to Paxton, but rather to lies Paul allegedly told financial institutions.)


New accusations: Ken Paxton used burner phone, secret email account, fake Uber name to hide ties to Nate Paul

After Paxton’s lawyers sought to dismiss articles of impeachment as unsubstantiated, House managers responded by accusing the suspended attorney general of going to great lengths to cover up his relationship to the real estate investor.

In new allegations revealed Wednesday, Texas House investigators accused suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton of engaging in a complex cover-up to hide his relationship with real estate investor Nate Paul as senior aides grew increasingly concerned about Paxton’s willingness to use his office to benefit Paul.

The subterfuge allegedly included Paxton and Paul creating an Uber account under an alias so they could meet each other and so the attorney general could visit the woman with whom he was having an extramarital affair.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/16/ken-paxton-impeachment-evidence-senate/

[Winehole23]

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/16/ken-paxton-impeachment-evidence-senate/thanks, you'll see the same article posted just above your post. :D

[djohn2oo8]

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[Winehole23]

hardly a given that four Rs will go along


Assuming all 12 Democrats oppose Paxton’s motions to dismiss, managers would have to convince at least four of the 19 Republican senators to side with the Democrats and clear the way for a trial.

[MultiTroll]

hardly a given that four Rs will go along
R shitbags can vote to just forego any charges for Paxtons crimes?

[Winehole23]

R shitbags can vote to just forego any charges for Paxtons crimes?they'd be voting forgo the trial, but yeah.

[Thread]

they'd be voting forgo the trial, but yeah.

but

That's Winester at his finest. Never can stipulate to being mistaken, ever. It's his religion.

[RandomGuy]

thanks, you'll see the same article posted just above your post. :D

Sorry, for some reason by browser will not render tweets, all I see is a blank gray field.

[Winehole23]

Sorry, for some reason by browser will not render tweets, all I see is a blank gray field.no worries!

[RandomGuy]

no worries!

If I may, if you post a tweet, you can put the full URL in there and have it still work with the coding. I can copy/paste that into a tab and at least see the tweet that way, and don't have to guess. :D

[Winehole23]

If I may, if you post a tweet, you can put the full URL in there and have it still work with the coding. I can copy/paste that into a tab and at least see the tweet that way, and don't have to guess. :Dok!

[Winehole23]

Definitional corruption.


Impeachment managers alleged that Paxton repeatedly used his office to help Paul, forcing agency staff to write a midnight legal opinion to stave off foreclosure sales of Paul’s properties and demanding that they not assist law enforcement in investigating Paul’s businesses. At one point, Paxton allegedly provided Paul with highly sensitive information about a 2019 FBI raid at his businesses and home, among other acts that managers said shocked and alarmed top officials at the attorney general’s office.


Managers alleged that Paul returned the favors by remodeling Paxton’s home and employing a woman with whom Paxton was having an affair, and that Paxton concealed his relationship with both Paul and the woman by ditching his security detail and by using a burner phone, secret email accounts and a fake name on an Uber account.https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/17/ken-paxton-impeachment-new-allegations/

[Thread]

Definitional corruption.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/17/ken-paxton-impeachment-new-allegations/

You want to turn Texas so bad you can taste it, Winester.

Uh, uh.

[Winehole23]

it gets even more bonkers

1696506740634681545

[Winehole23]

when Paxton's top aides found out Cammack was working in secret, they moved to quash the subpoenas he issued, and Paxton tried to stop them.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4szPO7WMAExQsq?format=png&name=900x900

[Thread]

when Paxton's top aides found out Cammack was working in secret, they moved to quash the subpoenas he issued, and Paxton tried to stop them.


it gets even more bonkers

1696506740634681545


You want to turn Texas so bad you can taste it, Winester.

Uh, uh. Nope.

[monosylab1k]

You want to turn Texas so bad you can taste it, Winester.

Uh, uh.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtJgTtDCMAAj7mp.jpg

[Thread]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtJgTtDCMAAj7mp.jpg

Don't try charmin' me, mono. I ain't in a charmin'. I'm goin' to couch!

[Winehole23]

looking bad for Paxton

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[Spurs Homer]

I cant fucking believe shithole Directv is blacking out the only channel this trial is being shown on…

gotta dump these losers but gotta make sure i dont lose the spurs channel too

fuck

[MultiTroll]

Alike fertilizers?
Can't make this shit up.
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[Winehole23]

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[Spurminator]

I guess I don't understand why Republican voters are so obsessed with reelecting criminals when there are plenty of non-criminal Republican candidates who would still uphold GOP principles like keeping health care ridiculously expensive and forcing their pregnant daughters to have children at 14.

Any Texas AG candidate with an (R) by his name will win the general election. Are you telling me you can't do better than Ken fucking Paxton? What a retarded tribe.

[Winehole23]

I guess I don't understand why Republican voters are so obsessed with reelecting criminals when there are plenty of non-criminal Republican candidates who would still uphold GOP principles like keeping health care ridiculously expensive and forcing their pregnant daughters to have children at 14.

Any Texas AG candidate with an (R) by his name will win the general election. Are you telling me you can't do better than Ken fucking Paxton? What a retarded tribe.The symbolism of (R)s being protected but not bound by laws is very important to them, especially now that their charismatic leader is in the dock.

[boutons_deux]

The symbolism of (R)s being protected but not bound by laws is very important to them, especially now that their charismatic leader is in the dock.

Repug fascists have no respect anymore for Constitution, laws, fair play, good faith, respect for citizens who defeated them at ballot box

Repug Senate acquitted Trash of two impeachments

Repugs trying to impeach the pro-abortion SCOWI judge before she issues a single ruling,

Repugs won't stop, are unstoppable in implementing their BigDonor class /Christian Nationalist strategy of full blown fascism

[FrostKing]

:lol

Wednesday summer afternoon. Go outside and get some fresh air

[ChumpDumper]

:lol

Wednesday summer afternoon. Go outside and get some fresh air
Is this your job now?

Semen shielding for criminals?

:lol be a man

[Winehole23]

:lol

Wednesday summer afternoon. Go outside and get some fresh airJust got back from soccer practice under the lights at Westlake -- practicing in daylight would be foolish for an old boy like me in weather like this

[Winehole23]

1699460504370979222Mateer tried to talk Paxton out of what he was doing. When that didn't work, he called the FBI on his own boss.

[Winehole23]

If I may, if you post a tweet, you can put the full URL in there and have it still work with the coding. I can copy/paste that into a tab and at least see the tweet that way, and don't have to guess. :DWhen I post tweets, I embed the link, will that work?

Or to you need a separate line for the URL?

For these jokers like hater and Snake Boy, who like to hide their links, you can hit reply then go to advanced to see the link.

Is that too tedious?

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtJgTtDCMAAj7mp.jpgTexas is turning. That's one reason why Texas (R)s are to desperate to short circuit democracy. Another reason is that that raw power thrills them.

[HemisfairArena]

Texas is turning. That's one reason why Texas (R)s are to desperate to short circuit democracy. Another reason is that that raw power thrills them.

You do know Texas use to be blue, right? Its all cyclical,,,you ever heard of Ann Richards. Just like California use to be red,,,,things circle around,,,,

[HemisfairArena]

Just to educate all you clowns talking about Texas turning blue,,,,California was a big red state and may be again soon just like Texas may turn blue. Hell, California voted for Bush Sr., Reagan, Ford, Nixon,,,,,the whole 9 yards,,,,,

[Winehole23]

You do know Texas use to be blue, right? Its all cyclical,,,you ever heard of Ann Richards. Just like California use to be red,,,,things circle around,,,,yep.

almost thirty years of shitty Republican rule so far.

it will eventually end -- political majorities are transient.

[RandomGuy]

When I post tweets, I embed the link, will that work?

Or to you need a separate line for the URL?

For these jokers like hater and Snake Boy, who like to hide their links, you can hit reply then go to advanced to see the link.

Is that too tedious?

it is just

(tweet)(full URL)(/tweet)

That does the same thing, and presents in the same way for the coding, but then I would be able to copy/paste the URL.

[Spurs Homer]

Mateer tried to talk Paxton out of what he was doing. When that didn't work, he called the FBI on his own boss.


Finally watched some of this on the available stream and that Paxton attorney is a real piece of work. This witness was actually holding up pretty well, despite all the false insinuations that asshole attorney was throwing out.

If the witness was actually not a fascist repuke himself - he could have really exposed that attorney and paxtons corruption if the witness actually wanted to fight back. Instead he was really really patient and respectful-despite this attorney trying to spin the case and accuse this witness of a COUP against Paxton.

"Why didn't you just go to the General?" "Why did you run to the FBI in secret?" "Because you wanted his job, it was a COUP!"

I would have shot right back, "I witnessed crimes being committed and my boss accepting bribes and my boss asking a donor $$ to hire his mistress so she could be close to my boss and I reported these possible crimes to the FBI, the way the law requires I do"

[Blake]

:lol

Wednesday summer afternoon. Go outside and get some fresh air

Says dude on the Internet

[Winehole23]

Tucker approved right wing ultras go to the wall for our obviously corrupt AG.


If this impeachment is upheld in the Texas Senate, it will be the spark that ignites a bigger civil war than anything witnessed during the Tea Party battles in 2010 or the populist versus neocon battles of today. It will be a true revolt of patriots versus a uniparty system that seeks only its own survival, at the expense of the society it was meant to serve.https://amgreatness.com/2023/08/15/texas-gop-civil-war-will-erupt-if-impeachment-upheld/

[ChumpDumper]

Let's hope they start using their second amendment solutions on each other.

[MultiTroll]

that Paxton attorney is a real piece of work.
eyup

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[spurraider21]

Just to educate all you clowns talking about Texas turning blue,,,,California was a big red state and may be again soon just like Texas may turn blue. Hell, California voted for Bush Sr., Reagan, Ford, Nixon,,,,,the whole 9 yards,,,,,
Sure

But right now Texas is closer to going purple/blue than california is to go purple/red

[Spurminator]

lmao at all of the "Stop Biden's Lawyers From Targeting Our Ken Paxton" billboards on I-35.

[Ef-man]

lmao at all of the "Stop Biden's Lawyers From Targeting Our Ken Paxton" billboards on I-35.

Surprised that "stop hillary" was not thrown in there too, as MAGAtards are easily triggered by her name.

[Thread]

Surprised that "stop hillary" was not thrown in there too, as MAGAtards are easily triggered by her name.

Though Trump making President over her like that loosened said trigger.

tee, hee.

[Winehole23]

Paxton is getting murked (https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1701252322993602601?s=20) by his own subordinates

1701252322993602601

[Winehole23]

1701269655149580560

[Spurminator]

lmao at all of the "Stop Biden's Lawyers From Targeting Our Ken Paxton" billboards on I-35.

I never go to Buccee's but I definitely approve of them buying up all of the TX highway billboards and keeping dumbed-down conservative PACs from putting stock photos of babies on them

*Edit: White babies. Always.

[Winehole23]

lmao at all of the "Stop Biden's Lawyers From Targeting Our Ken Paxton" billboards on I-35.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F5tgFRCWUAAAodk?format=jpg&name=small

[Thread]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F5tgFRCWUAAAodk?format=jpg&name=small

You'll never get Texas, sassafras.

[Winehole23]

Keep in mind that Penley is a far right, rock ribbed, GOP Christian nationalist who believes in demonizing gays/trans, immigrant refugees, public education and women's health.

He's no RINO, still less Democrat controlled.

https://x.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1701311712547258690?s=20

1701311712547258690

[Ef-man]

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time :lol

Paxton's lawyers:

“Texans chose at the voting booth who they wanted to be their attorney general … but because of what this House has done, only 30 [senators] out of almost 30 million will decide if Ken Paxton is allowed to serve in the office he was voted into,” he said. “That’s not how it’s supposed to work. That’s not democratic.”

[scott]

"Crimes are okay if you win an election" is a unique new spin on the Judicial system. Libertarianism taken to it's stupidest degree.

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxJTLVLXwAMOaaO?format=jpg&name=medium

[Winehole23]

Paxton is getting murked (https://twitter.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1701252322993602601?s=20) by his own subordinates

1701252322993602601Completely aside, it would seem unlikely zero defendants will point the finger at El Trumpo.

Look where he put 'em. No pardon and no personal assistance.

[Ef-man]

"Crimes are okay if you win an election" is a unique new spin on the Judicial system. Libertarianism taken to it's stupidest degree.

Guess Yam Tits is in trouble for being a loser.

[pgardn]

Guess Yam Tits is in trouble for being a loser.

That can be changed to he really won the election.
It eventually involves huge lies. Red team fully embraces the in your face lie.

[Ef-man]

That can be changed to he really won the election.
It eventually involves huge lies. Red team fully embraces the in your face lie.

First, that 10 million more voters fucked him up, then the states would not find the votes he needed, Pence would not play along, and then his friends in congress screwed the pooch on sending the certification back to the states.

Finally, his "friends" at the Supreme Court never intervened on his behalf with a ten-foot pole, so, he lost again, bigly.

[Ef-man]

https://x.com/TexasTribune/status/1701397960662106423

[Spurs Homer]

Looks like after lunch today

paxtons mistress will be put on the stand…

hope to see fireworks

[Ef-man]

Texas Senate is deliberating charges against Paxton. Who knows how long it will take.

Just before noon Friday, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick adjourned suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment trial after the Texas House impeachment managers and Paxton's defense team presented their closing arguments.

Patrick instructed the 30 eligible senators to head to a deliberation room and discuss the 16 articles of impeachment against Paxton to decide if the attorney general is guilty or innocent of the charges, including bribery and abuse of office.

https://www.statesman.com/ken-paxton-trial-verdict-texas-attorney-general-impeachment-senate (https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/09/15/ken-paxton-trial-verdict-texas-attorney-general-impeachment-senate/70836081007/)

[Spurs Homer]

Some of the garbage spewed by the kunt paxton attorney today- in the defense’s closing statements-maybe some of this sounds familiar to some here;

1) “ if this can happen to General Paxton- this can happen to you”
2). “There was only one person in the AG’s office who had the authority to make ANY decision he wanted to- make- and he had the authority to make any decision and every decision he made - by definition was legal”
3)” 4.2 million voters gave General paxton that authority and none of the bureaucrats in that office had any authority to disobey any order and go behind the generals back to the fbi”
4) “4.2 million voters (again) put general paxton in his position and no other unelected bureaucrat should go against the will of 4.2 million texas voters (again) and try to remove him”
5)” General paxton has done nothing wrong”
6) “there is no evidence….blah blah”
7) “4.2 million voters…..”

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Some of the garbage spewed by the kunt paxton attorney today- in the defense’s closing statements-maybe some of this sounds familiar to some here;

1) “ if this can happen to General Paxton- this can happen to you”
2). “There was only one person in the AG’s office who had the authority to make ANY decision he wanted to- make- and he had the authority to make any decision and every decision he made - by definition was legal”
3)” 4.2 million voters gave General paxton that authority and none of the bureaucrats in that office had any authority to disobey any order and go behind the generals back to the fbi”
4) “4.2 million voters (again) put general paxton in his position and no other unelected bureaucrat should go against the will of 4.2 million texas voters (again) and try to remove him”
5)” General paxton has done nothing wrong”
6) “there is no evidence….blah blah”
7) “4.2 million voters…..”

The Trump defense for the most part.

[spurraider21]

:lmao his attorney is Tony Buzbee? :lmao

[Ef-man]

Still no word but this defense attorney, "hey man, you embarrass the hell out of yourself." Paxton must be short on $$$. :lol


https://x.com/VinceDaoTV/status/1702828589987553422


https://x.com/Undisputed2ruth/status/1702827840322908466

[Ef-man]

Batshit conspiracy from the defense lawyer.



https://x.com/ChuckCallesto/status/1702835969244672052

[RandomGuy]

Looks like after lunch today

paxtons mistress will be put on the stand…

hope to see fireworks

nope. "not available to testify"

Paxtons wife is a senator.

Fucking GOP didn't have the stones to force the mistress to testify in front of the wife.

[RandomGuy]

The Trump defense for the most part.

deny, deflect, demonize.

[Thread]

deny, deflect, demonize.

We learned that exact tact from your side, RG. Works like a charm for you all. We'll see for us all.

[Spurs Homer]

just moved the time (again)

now

paxton vote is scheduled to happen at 11:10

22 articles - only need 1 to convict -but this is shithole red texas so not gonna be shocked if he gets away with all the crimes despite all the evidence -

u toob has live coverage on a few channels

[Thread]

just moved the time (again)

now

paxton vote is scheduled to happen at 11:10

22 articles - only need 1 to convict -but this is shithole red texas so not gonna be shocked if he gets away with all the crimes despite all the evidence -

u toob has live coverage on a few channels

You ain't gettin' Texas, fuck-face.

[Spurs Homer]

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[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1703082841532170299?t
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tee hee

[daboom1]

looking bad for Paxton

1699091402557157496

nah we good fam :lol

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muhahahahahaha!!!

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[Winehole23]

across the board party line acquittal,

Ken Paxton will remain in office, voluminous allegations of his misdeeds totally notwithstanding.

[Thread]

deny, deflect, demonize.

...submit, bend over, take the pickle.

[daboom1]

...submit, bend over, take the pickle.

Make sure it's one of them double wide dill pickles.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

across the board party line acquittal,

Ken Paxton will remain in office, voluminous allegations of his misdeeds totally notwithstanding.

The high water mark is 14 out of th21 needed votes. I'm not sure what people were expecting out of the puritanical Texas GOP.

[Thread]

The high water mark is 14 out of th21 needed votes. I'm not sure what people were expecting out of the puritanical Texas GOP.

Now you'll call me everything but a White man.

[Thread]

CNN ain't biting on this one. That's an indicator that Paxton will get off. If CNN/MSNBC thought he was going down they'd be prefacing it all over their Internet front page. Instead they got a gaggle of pictured slopes accused of starving a fellow zipperhead to death.

[DMX7]

:lmao his attorney is Tony Buzbee? :lmao

It doesn't matter who his lawyer is or was. Enough republicans were always going to defend him.

Of course the defense of calling it a "partisan witchhunt" is particularly ridiculous given Republicans led the impeachment proceedings. So we get Bush Family conspiracy theories because there's not much defense left to give.

[GAustex]

Primary Nichols and Hancock
Get rid of that scum

[GAustex]

Go medieval on bitch ass Rinos

[daboom1]

It doesn't matter who his lawyer is or was. Enough republicans were always going to defend him.

:lol

[Thread]

across the board party line acquittal,

Ken Paxton will remain in office, voluminous allegations of his misdeeds totally notwithstanding.

Come ta Pappy.

Signed,

- Your ever lovin' Pappy

[GAustex]

Phlean the drunk needs to go too

[ChumpDumper]

:lmao Texas Republicans turning on each other over this?

[Thread]

I'm like that one guy on -300- I'm blood drunk.

I'm gonna give Blake nothing, but I'm take from that side show lookin' motherfucker, EVERYTHING!!!

Remember the Alamo!!!

[Thread]

:lmao Texas Republicans turning on each other over this?

They're fuckin' RINO's, fart face. Wake up and smell what you've been cookin', you side show lookin' honkey lip you.

[Ef-man]

just moved the time (again)

now

paxton vote is scheduled to happen at 11:10

22 articles - only need 1 to convict -but this is shithole red texas so not gonna be shocked if he gets away with all the crimes despite all the evidence -

u toob has live coverage on a few channels

You called it as to shithole red texas letting him walk.

They were too terrified of calling a spade a spade and did not want to be called RINOs. :lmao

Plus the Bush conspiracy that they came up with, damn, that is batshit crazy thinking but par for GOP looking for scapegoats. :lol

[Thread]

You called it as to shithole red texas letting him walk.

They were too terrified of calling a spade a spade and did not want to be called RINOs. :lmao

Plus the Bush conspiracy that they came up with, damn, that is batshit crazy thinking but par for GOP looking for scapegoats. :lol

You got your ass handed to ya for close order inspection, sport.

tee, hee.

[Ef-man]

:lmao Texas Republicans turning on each other over this?

:lmao. How quickly they forget that the Texas House voted 121-23 to impeach Paxton!

[Thread]

:lmao. How quickly they forget that the Texas House voted 121-23 to impeach Paxton!

Scoreboard: Paxton!!!

[HemisfairArena]

ACQUITTED

[Winehole23]

just a stunning victory for Ken Paxton, great big L for the whistleblowers.

1703085162282533070

[Thread]

just a stunning victory for Ken Paxton, great big L for the whistleblowers.

1703085162282533070

(whistleblowers) always MVP's when they whistle for your side. When they whistle for us, they're beneath contempt and their whistle cannot be believed, no matter what..."No.matter.what."

But at least your ate your shit sandwich this evening over the loss. Though you have been AWOL for a number of hours since the verdicts came down. Probably somewhere licking your own wounds, time of your life.

[HemisfairArena]

Wine Ho and his purple haired tied up in a man bun riding a skateboard friends hate life right now,,,,,

[ChumpDumper]

Wine Ho and his purple haired tied up in a man bun riding a skateboard friends hate life right now,,,,,

Nah, we knew law and morals never mattered to you fascists.

[Thread]

Nah, we knew law and morals never mattered to you fascists.

& we learned everything from you fucks.

[Blake]

Wine Ho and his purple haired tied up in a man bun riding a skateboard friends hate life right now,,,,,

Paxton still has real court coming up for his crimes

[Spurs Homer]

You called it as to shithole red texas letting him walk.

They were too terrified of calling a spade a spade and did not want to be called RINOs. :lmao

Plus the Bush conspiracy that they came up with, damn, that is batshit crazy thinking but par for GOP looking for scapegoats. :lol

lol

shithole indeed

the FBI has zero excuses to fuck around for 8 years while crimin’ continued….

but this is the new cult and fascist reality with cheerleaders - cheering for the demise of democracy

examples: these douche cheerleaders spiking the ball

[Thread]

lol

shithole indeed

[[[the FBI has zero excuses]]] to fuck around for 8 years while crimin’ continued….

but this is the new cult and fascist reality with cheerleaders - cheering for the demise of democracy

examples: these douche cheerleaders spiking the ball

#1 thru infinity excuse=They don't want to get {McVeigh'ed) again.

tee, hee.

[RandomGuy]

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Beg harder.

[RandomGuy]

Go medieval on bitch ass Rinos

I guess bribery is ok in the modern Texas GOP.

[Thread]

ACQUITTED

[Thread]

Beg harder.

You damn ying-yang, you, not a week ago you & I/us were involved in great conversations several times. Now, you act like I'm an Indian at the damn door.

What happened, RG? I know for a fact I used the 4 way on those lug nuts and they were tighter than a nun's snootch on the Sabbath. How the hell did the damn wheels come off once & again?

[Thread]

I guess bribery is ok in the modern Texas GOP.

Whatever it takes, Rarg.

[HemisfairArena]

RandomGay is ok with insider trading by pelosi but Paxton be damned,,,,,lmao,,,,,democrat hypocrisy knows no bounds,,,,

[Blake]

RandomGay is ok with insider trading by pelosi but Paxton be damned,,,,,lmao,,,,,democrat hypocrisy knows no bounds,,,,

If you have hard evidence to bring her and her husband to court, great, do it. I don't know anyone that will miss her.

[HemisfairArena]

If you have hard evidence to bring her and her husband to court, great, do it. I don't know anyone that will miss her.

Lets see that hard evidence you have against Trump and russia collusion that you democrats cried about and ran an investigation for 3 years with Mueller,,,,even Adam Schiff said he had it,,,,never produced it,,,,what about the hard evidence about Brett Kavanaugh when you went after him or how about,,,,,hell, we just showed how the Paxton thing worked out for ya,,,,,,you democrats always cry foul when it comes back at ya,,,,

[Blake]

Lets see that hard evidence you have against Trump and russia collusion that you democrats cried about and ran an investigation for 3 years with Mueller,,,,even Adam Schiff said he had it,,,,never produced it,,,,what about the hard evidence about Brett Kavanaugh when you went after him or how about,,,,,hell, we just show how the Paxton thing worked out for ya,,,,,,you democrats always cry foul when it comes back at ya,,,,

You're in a Paxton thread trying to move the goal posts to a place where you missed the uprights there too. You're just an angry ranting old fart that cheers for his team no matter what they do wrong.

[HemisfairArena]

You're in a Paxton thread trying to move the goal posts to a place where you missed the uprights there too. You're just an angry ranting old fart that cheers for his team no matter what they do wrong.

not moving anything, flake,,,,you just cant prove a thing and we always knew that,,,,but you want republicans to prove everything,,,,

[Blake]

not moving anything, flake,,,,you just cant prove a thing and we always knew that,,,,but you want republicans to prove everything,,,,

You're talking about Trump here. That's moving it towards Trump. You're really stupid if you can't figure out that's what you're doing.

The FBI is still probing Paxton for a reason. You're really stupid because you can't figure out why.

[Thread]

Lets see that hard evidence you have against Trump and russia collusion that you democrats cried about and ran an investigation for 3 years with Mueller,,,,even Adam Schiff said he had it,,,,never produced it,,,,what about the hard evidence about Brett Kavanaugh when you went after him or how about,,,,,hell, we just showed how the Paxton thing worked out for ya,,,,,,you democrats always cry foul when it comes back at ya,,,,

Hemi

[CosmicCowboy]

Paxton is guilty as hell. This was just a pissing match between Dan Patrick (our shitty Lt Governor who runs the senate) and Dan Phelan the house speaker. It had nothing to do with evidence. The house universally agreed Paxton was guilty 121-23 with 60 Republicans voting to impeach.

[MultiTroll]

Hemi
Lets get you a nice room at Ferncliff.

Highly Intelligent Pet Parrots Most Likely To Suffer Mental Health Problems (forbes.com) (https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2021/10/18/highly-intelligent-pet-parrots-most-likely-to-damage-their-feathers/?sh=65ac166c58b8)

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Lets get you a nice room at Ferncliff.

Highly Intelligent Pet Parrots Most Likely To Suffer Mental Health Problems (forbes.com) (https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2021/10/18/highly-intelligent-pet-parrots-most-likely-to-damage-their-feathers/?sh=65ac166c58b8)


Have Boebart come over & I'll watch.

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Paxton is guilty as hell. This was just a pissing match between Dan Patrick (our shitty Lt Governor who runs the senate) and Dan Phelan the house speaker. It had nothing to do with evidence. The house universally agreed Paxton was guilty 121-23 with 60 Republicans voting to impeach.

Can you just not threaten to blow up Paxton's house because he was acquitted?

[GAustex]

Primary Nichols and Hancock
Get rid of that scum

[GAustex]

Phlean the drunk needs to go too

[ChumpDumper]

law and :lolrder

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law and :lolrder

Like day 1 of Trump's Presidency...you threatened to blow him, his wife, and their only child up in the White House.

[MultiTroll]

but he was acquitted
https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.3HPiVxLCeG4XncEKk-GAswHaE8?pid=ImgDet&rs=1

[Ef-man]

Lets get you a nice room at Ferncliff.

Highly Intelligent Pet Parrots Most Likely To Suffer Mental Health Problems (forbes.com) (https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2021/10/18/highly-intelligent-pet-parrots-most-likely-to-damage-their-feathers/?sh=65ac166c58b8)


:lol

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ACQUITTED

[Winehole23]

ya think (https://x.com/PatrickSvitek/status/1704125732597662141?s=20)?

1704125732597662141

[Winehole23]

Paxton is guilty as hell. This was just a pissing match between Dan Patrick (our shitty Lt Governor who runs the senate) and Dan Phelan the house speaker. It had nothing to do with evidence. The house universally agreed Paxton was guilty 121-23 with 60 Republicans voting to impeach.All the Republicans who voted to impeach Paxton in the House are gonna get nuked by the TX GOP. Same with the whistleblowers.

[Winehole23]

https://media.khou.com/assets/KHOU/images/7f3b5689-6a3d-46c7-8806-c50c7baed6cb/7f3b5689-6a3d-46c7-8806-c50c7baed6cb_1920x1080.jpg

[MultiTroll]

Like day 1 of Trump's Presidency...you threatened to blow him, his wife, and their only child up in the White House.
Do you eat a "crunchy" diet?

Furthermore, this study found that parrots who eat “crunchy” diets are especially at greater risk for developing behavioral problems, like feather destruction, that are indicative of welfare issues.

[RandomGuy]

Paxton is guilty as hell. This was just a pissing match between Dan Patrick (our shitty Lt Governor who runs the senate) and Dan Phelan the house speaker. It had nothing to do with evidence. The house universally agreed Paxton was guilty 121-23 with 60 Republicans voting to impeach.

and the GOP still didn't remove him in the Senate.

Fascism is as fascism does. The elites do not care what you think, and conservative "values" are dishonesty, violence, and greed.