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Republican Texas AG Ken Paxton is acquitted of 16 corruption charges at impeachment trial
Assoc. Press ^ | 09/16/2023 | BY PAUL J. WEBER AND JUAN A. LOZANO

Posted on 09/16/2023 11:08:14 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted Saturday of all charges at a historic impeachment trial that divided Republicans over whether to remove a powerful defender of former President Donald Trump after years of scandal and criminal charges.

The verdict reaffirmed Paxton’s durability in America’s biggest red state and is a broader victory for Texas’ hard right after an extraordinary trial that put on display fractures within the GOP nationally heading into the 2024 elections. In the end, Paxton was fully cleared by Senate Republicans, who serve alongside his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton.

Angela Paxton was not allowed to vote. But she attended all two weeks of the trial, including the reading of the verdict, when all but two of her fellow 18 Republican senators consistently voted to acquit her husband on 16 impeachment articles that accused him of misconduct, bribery and corruption.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: acquitted; bushfamily; fakeimpeachment; globalistfail; harassment; impeachment; kenpaxton; lawfare; paxton; persecution; texas
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To: Wallace T.

I think this list illustrates how we can not trust anyone in our so-called “party”. Democrats would never do this to one of their own.


21 posted on 09/16/2023 11:18:36 AM PDT by vivenne (⁹)
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To: wardamneagle

Touche’.


22 posted on 09/16/2023 11:19:09 AM PDT by vivenne (⁹)
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To: sopo
Am I missing the vote total or was it so far in his favor AP considers it obscene?

No, it was stupidly close. They could have voted last week and it would have been the same.

Evidence or lack of it means nothing to these corrupt a-holes.

23 posted on 09/16/2023 11:19:18 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Lurker
The only reason I voted for him is that Gore would have been orders of magnitude worse.

Here's a scary thought, given what's happened to the country in the past 15 years. Would electing Hillary in 2008 been worse than Obama was and continues to be through his minions?

24 posted on 09/16/2023 11:19:57 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: Wallace T.
Below is a list of the Republican Texas House members who voted for impeachment. Remember them in the March 2024 primaries!

There were only 31 members on the committee. Of them, 12 were Democrats. Your list includes numerous Republicans who weren't on the committee.

25 posted on 09/16/2023 11:20:20 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: CatOwner

Here’s a scary thought, given what’s happened to the country in the past 15 years. Would electing Hillary in 2008 been worse than Obama was and continues to be through his minions?

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same stuff.


26 posted on 09/16/2023 11:20:49 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: thegagline
This was the initial vote to impeach Paxton in the Texas House. The vote today was by the Texas Senate to convict him on the charges issued by the House.
27 posted on 09/16/2023 11:24:11 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: CatOwner

“Would electing Hillary in 2008 been worse than Obama was and continues to be through his minions?”


No. Both are controlled by the same puppet masters.


28 posted on 09/16/2023 11:24:23 AM PDT by Ken H (Trump /DeSantis)
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To: Responsibility2nd

So does this mean Ken Paxton is reinstated as AG of TX?

I’m super happy to hear of this outcome. It was a Bush kangaroo event from day one. Pay back should be coming forthwith.


29 posted on 09/16/2023 11:24:25 AM PDT by Boomer (X-Twitter is NOT a free speech platform. The scummy Marxists are back in charge. )
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To: Wallace T.
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30 posted on 09/16/2023 11:24:43 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: Wallace T.
Great news on the aquittal.

But that's a long list of uniparty Bushies that need to be primaried.

31 posted on 09/16/2023 11:24:58 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Responsibility2nd

What do they mean by scandal? I haven’t seen Paxton accused of anything scandalous.


32 posted on 09/16/2023 11:25:11 AM PDT by webheart
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To: Responsibility2nd

YES!

This is a good ending to a really snaky impeachment trial. Very much like what President Trump is fighting. All lies, but no one will expose it.


33 posted on 09/16/2023 11:25:23 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
"...because of his baseless attempts to overturn the 2020 election."

Baseless?

34 posted on 09/16/2023 11:25:58 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Boomer

So does this mean Ken Paxton is reinstated as AG of TX?

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Yes, but the article says he still has some legal issues....


35 posted on 09/16/2023 11:26:19 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Dan in Wichita

I noticed the “hard right” wording too. LOL


36 posted on 09/16/2023 11:26:44 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Fai Mao

They deserve much more than being sad.

There will be some careers damaged from this. Layers should know to never make up charges with no evidence.


37 posted on 09/16/2023 11:26:58 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Wallace T.

Here is some info on the breakdown of today’s vote.

https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/paxton-impeachment/heres-how-each-texas-senator-voted-in-the-impeachment-trial-of-ken-paxton/


38 posted on 09/16/2023 11:27:12 AM PDT by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: Dan in Wichita
AP = Always Propaganda
39 posted on 09/16/2023 11:28:30 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: NWFree
What a waste of time

Oh I feel badly that Paxton had to go through this but it was a valuable lesson. First Texas needs to send the Bushes packing back to Maine. They need to be run out of the state, tarred and feathered on a rail. We should make JP Bush dogcatcher in one of those abandoned no-horse towns in West Texas.

And whole bunch of liquored up good 'ol boys in the house need to be run out of office, and audited, and reaudited and audited again and again. Just because...

40 posted on 09/16/2023 11:30:46 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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