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I think it's hilarious boomers are oblivious to it
A for effortAccording 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.
I think it's hilarious boomers are oblivious to it
ez gotheemQhris has not read even one article of impeachment.
Why do you feel compelled to proudly proclaim your ignorance so frequently, Qhris?
Not sure about the scheduling implications. Will this be a special session? Hard to imagine there won't be unrelated shenanigans if so.
Nate Paul arrested
(The Nate Paul indictment apparently relates in no way to Paxton, but rather to lies Paul allegedly told financial ins utions.)
iirc, the local Rs voted against Paxton in the impeachment, is that right?
CCA backs the original trial judge -- 8 years later
WTF ...Is the Texas Republican Party really condemning The Texas Republican House
That is some wackadoo stuff even for Texas
Political power is more important than integrity and values.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06...t-allegations/On a late-September Wednesday in 2020, several of Attorney General 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.
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.
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.
Impeachment investigation expands
lost the support of folks at home
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.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08...idence-senate/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.
thanks, you'll see the same article posted just above your post.
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.
R bags can vote to just forego any charges for Paxtons crimes?
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