A week and a half into the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the case against the conservative fighter is falling apart in spectacular fashion.Witness after witness, all called by the House Board of Managers, have testified under oath that they either have no direct evidence against the attorney general or explained that the articles of impeachment were simply untrue....
As if to punctuate the absolute disaster of the House’s argument, Rusty Hardin, the 81-year-old lawyer leading the prosecution, accidentally rested their case-in-chief before the other side had a chance to cross-examine the witness who was still sitting on the stand.
When he tried to take it back, Tony Buzbee held him to it, and Lt. Gov. Patrick agreed, ending the prosecution’s case.
At the beginning of trial, Buzbee told the Senate, “The prosecution and the press will tell a whopping story … [but] it’s a tale of sound and fury; it signifies nothing.”
And after a week and a half and more than two dozen hours of testimony, it appears that the impeachment gambit against Paxton really did signify nothing.
Tony is a genius, I’ve known him for years.