On 9/17/23 9:13 PM, Art Sackman wrote:
On Sunday, September 17, 2023 at 1:40:01 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:
On 9/16/23 10:19 PM, ScottW wrote:
https://adnamerica.com/en/texas/vindicated-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-acquitted-all-16-charges-state-senate
and Stephen is devastated. But I told you the witness testimony was a joke.
No, impeachment is political.
ZING!!!!!!!!!
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/18/ken-paxton-impeachment-dan-patrick/
"Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who is presiding over the impeachment trial of
suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton, received $3 million in campaign
support last month from a top group campaigning against Paxton’s impeachment."
https://www.axios.com/2023/09/17/ken-paxton-texas-impeachment-gop
"Following a secret campaign coordinated by top Trump allies, Texas
state senators yesterday acquitted Attorney General Ken Paxton of all impeachment charges, allowing him to return to his post."
That's the political side. The criminal charges remain:
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/16/texas-ken-paxton-attorney-general-legal-cases-securities-fbi/
"But Paxton’s legal troubles are not over.
He still faces state securities fraud charges, a case that has stretched
out for eight years and counting, starting with an indictment just
months after he took office in 2015. The case has been delayed for years
by pretrial disputes — including a back-and-forth battle over the trial
venue that saw it moved to Houston from Collin County, which Paxton
represented as a state lawmaker.
And Paxton has been under investigation by the FBI since October 2020,
although no charges have been filed."
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