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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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.
Touche’.
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.
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?
There were only 31 members on the committee. Of them, 12 were Democrats. Your list includes numerous Republicans who weren't on the committee.
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.
“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.
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.
But that's a long list of uniparty Bushies that need to be primaried.
What do they mean by scandal? I haven’t seen Paxton accused of anything scandalous.
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.
Baseless?
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....
I noticed the “hard right” wording too. LOL
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.
Here is some info on the breakdown of today’s vote.
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...
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