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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: dfwgator
Worse, yes....Orders of magnitude worse, hardly.

Under Prssident Gore, we would have gotten EVs 20 years ago and it will be illegal to buy gasoline for personal use today.

41 posted on 09/16/2023 11:31:05 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: NWFree

Bush generated or not, this circular firing squad stuff is just too incredibly self- destructive. Absolute madness to have done this


42 posted on 09/16/2023 11:31:43 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The other charges are made up crap too.

That does not mean that the DOJ/FBI cabal will not continue to lie and fabricate.

“Don’t make those negative waves”!


43 posted on 09/16/2023 11:31:53 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.

Murr is my State Rep.

“If we don’t keep public officials from abusing the powers of their office, then frankly no one can,” Republican state Rep. Andrew Murr, who helped lead the impeachment in the Texas House, said in his closing arguments.

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I won’t forget this.


44 posted on 09/16/2023 11:32:09 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: Wallace T.

I dont understand your list.

The Texas Senate voted. Not the Texas Legislature.


45 posted on 09/16/2023 11:33:09 AM PDT by texanyankee
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To: dfwgator; Lurker

Aside from 9/11, which would’ve been even more of a nightmare with Gore and the democrats in charge, and all of the other Marxist policies that would’ve been installed, leave us not forget Mr. High Priest of the Global Warming Cult would already have us mired in the quicksand of carbon credits. I can’t tell you how disappointed I am in G W Bush, but Gore would’ve been exponentially worse for the rest of America’s existence.


46 posted on 09/16/2023 11:33:32 AM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Regulator
It was more then the Bush gang that wanted Paxton out.

Absolutely, but they chose to be the public face of this and now they should live degraded in the shame and filth they associated themselves with, a great state that started with Austin, and Boone and Crockett and was almost brough to end by JP Bush.

47 posted on 09/16/2023 11:33:40 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Lurker

Can you imagine Gore dealing with 9/11?

Makes me shudder just to think about it.

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In all seriousness, with respect to 9/11, what exactly did Bush do that was so magnificent? In hindsight, I honestly don’t think Gore would have been so much different, and I despise Gore. Sadly, I now also despise the number two Bush as well. Number 2 is a perfect description for the chimp.


48 posted on 09/16/2023 11:34:38 AM PDT by mund1011 (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality)
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To: sopo

It was obviously not close. But you know the ComDems all voted to convict him, in spite of total destruction of the so called evidence.

They knew Friday how it would play out. When the defense made their final statement. All knew it was over.


49 posted on 09/16/2023 11:34:53 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: texanyankee

The Senate voted not to convict. The Legislature voted to impeach. They are the one’s who started all this furor and need to hang for it.


50 posted on 09/16/2023 11:35:11 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Texas Fossil

Paxton is my pick for AG in the next Trump administration
he will clean up FBI and clamp down on illegals.


51 posted on 09/16/2023 11:35:33 AM PDT by Zenjitsuman (f)
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To: texanyankee
The list is of the Republican members of the Texas House of Representatives who voted to impeach Paxton in May. The trial by the Texas Senate was to convict him, thereby permanently removing him from office.

I want Texas Republicans to remember the treacherous members of the House.

52 posted on 09/16/2023 11:35:48 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Responsibility2nd

Sorry, George P. Sucks to be you today, huh?


53 posted on 09/16/2023 11:35:52 AM PDT by Allegra (Free Kiryandil! Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: thegagline; Wallace T.

Wallace T listed members of the Texas House when it was the Texas Senate who voted.


54 posted on 09/16/2023 11:36:38 AM PDT by texanyankee
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To: Lurker

If Gore was president, they wouldn’t have needed a 9/11.


55 posted on 09/16/2023 11:36:55 AM PDT by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: Responsibility2nd

This ends the influence if the Bush family in TX once and for all. Time for them to go back to the Northeast.


56 posted on 09/16/2023 11:37:06 AM PDT by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy)
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To: mund1011

One thing that likely would not have happened is invading Iraq under the dilusion that this would/could “fix” the midddle east. It’s like a bunch of drunk teenagers visiting rich daddy’s stable of high end sports cars and deciding these things should be allowed to go to waste.


57 posted on 09/16/2023 11:37:18 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson

Gotcha.

I’m disappointed in my representative - Ellen Troxclair.
I thought she was better than this.


58 posted on 09/16/2023 11:37:57 AM PDT by texanyankee
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To: Wallace T.

Those who voted only saw what was projected by the snakes running the Kangaroo Court.

There never was a single direct witness and the “Houston detectives” were NOT under oath.

The Leaders of the Legislature is responsible for all of this.


59 posted on 09/16/2023 11:37:58 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: Lurker

“Can you imagine Gore dealing with 9/11?”

I remember Bush attacked the wrong country.


60 posted on 09/16/2023 11:38:42 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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