Posted on 09/19/2023 3:53:04 AM PDT by CFW
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Monday made good on a promise in calling for an audit of all impeachment expenses to get a full picture of how much the House General Investigating Committee cost Texas taxpayers, including the GIC’s secret investigation it began in March, the House impeachment proceedings and all House and Senate trial-related costs.
On Saturday, Patrick gave a statement after the Senate voted to acquit Attorney General Ken Paxton of all charges. He chastised the House managers, Speaker Dade Phelan, and House General Investigating Committee chair Andrew Murr, R-Junction, for bringing impeachment charges without evidence to support their charges. He said the House violated the rules of evidence and ignored previous House precedent. In addition to calling for an audit, he also called for the legislature to propose a constitutional amendment to be put to voters that would create impeachment processes so “an impeachment should never happen again in the House like it happened this year.”
“Millions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted on this impeachment,” Patrick said. “I will call for a full audit of all taxpayer money spent by the House from the beginning of their investigation in March to today,” the conclusion of the trial on Saturday. “We will provide our costs as well that were forced on us by the House impeachment. One big difference is that the Senate did not pay a huge team of outside lawyers and investigators.”
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It had to have given his and conservatives enemies huge amounts of money to start even more garbage.
The scumbags Dade Phelan and Andrew Murr now have to pay the price for their evil treachery. The ultimate price. /spit
So Patrick is wasting money trying to find out much money was wasted? Dan, put away your revenge knives and move forward.
All of this because it was pointed out that #DrunkDane Phalen was actually drunk.
Don’t laugh too hard:
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I’m also interested in the amount of incoming money, and from where.
Next, do the funding and expense’s reconcile
Seriously? From a (alleged) JAG?
Nevermind the crimes that were committed filing false charges?
It’s a blog...
Why not post the whole thing right here?
bttt
“So Patrick is wasting money trying to find out much money was wasted? Dan, put away your revenge knives and move forward.”
He is moving forward, and so will Texas once we rid ourselves of the Leftists running our State House.
Can Speaker Dade Phelan be removed from the job?
Two completely different things. as a JAG, I am all about justice, not revenge. This investigation is to get revenge and is a waste of time and money. If there were false charges, knowingly filed, that is a criminal matter, and should be addressed by the criminal justice branch of government. Not the lieutenant governor’s office. he’s being 100% politician, which is fine, that’s what he is. But it has nothing to do with justice, just with revenge.
Happy to show you my DD214 if that helps.
It’s not ‘revenge’ when you go after ACTUAL CRIMES
If you were innocently prosecuted its a criminal act. It IS justice to hold them accountable, don’t you think?
Or they will do it again.
Money well spent to put RINO elitists and oligarchs on full display.
How about the shite bags forfeit their pay until the amount of money wasted on this fiasco is paid in full, with interest of course.
Then they can be primaried out as paupers.
I understand your point - mine was that this was an impeachment proceeding, a civil/legislative matter. Not a criminal prosecution.
Not those special people who received the ‘tax payer’ dollars! They have new cars, boats, trips and remodeled homes.
That attitude is why conservatives are always falling behind.
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