On Tuesday, the Texas Senate took no public action on plans for impeached Attorney General Ken Paxton’s trial despite several lengthy meetings in private and multiple recesses.
State Sen. Angela Paxton will “carry out my duty” and attend her husband’s impeachment trial“We actually have to address the issues,” Patrick told Dallas radio host Mark Davis. “If not, they could keep Ken Paxton away from doing his job forever. … In general, we have to deal with it.”, R-McKinney, is among the senators who could decide her husband’s fate.
Paxton’s legal team and the House managers have also quarreled about whether the trial should be public and how much discovery and preparation will be allowed. Buzbee said in his first news conference as Paxton’s lead lawyer that the process of lining up witnesses and documents . And Paxton’s legal team argued in a memo to the committee that it should limit testimony to deposition statements, rather than allow live witnesses, which they said could turn the proceedings into “political theater.”Paxton’s permanent removal from office would require a two-thirds vote in the Senate.
Paxton was impeached by a vote of 121-23 in an unprecedented vote in the House during the final days of the legislative session. He was immediately suspended from his official duties, and Gov.
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