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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What a waste of time
Not as sad as Texas demonrats
Bush era needs to end. A very sad time in our history.
And Mayorkas is again in the crosshairs for his staged invasion.
It was more then the Bush gang that wanted Paxton out.
Also FTA.....
The Senate also voted to dismiss four impeachment articles that weren’t taken up at the trial. It clears the way for Paxton to reclaim his role as Texas’ top lawyer, more than three months after his stunning impeachment in the Texas House forced him to temporarily step aside.
The outcome far from ends Paxton’s troubles. He still faces trial on felony securities fraud charges, remains under a separate FBI investigation and is in jeopardy of losing his ability to practice law in Texas because of his baseless attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
The jury of 30 senators spent about eight hours deliberating behind closed doors before emerging for the historic vote.
“Bush era needs to end.”
The only reason I voted for him is that Gore would have been orders of magnitude worse.
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HALLELUJAH
The TX state legislature members are gonna face primary challenges they never dreamt of.
Worse, yes....Orders of magnitude worse, hardly.
Am I missing the vote total or was it so far in his favor AP considers it obscene?
Not as sad as Texas demonrats.
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Actually this was a purely partisan witch hunt. On the part of Republicans against a conservative Trump supporter.
Democrats had no real bearing on this.
We need the names of any Republican who voted against Paxton. The house was raked over the coal in the statement of the Lt Governor!
R-1 Gary VanDeaver
R-4 Keith Bell
R-5 Cole Hefner
R-7 Jay Dean
R-8 Cody Harris
R-9 Trent Ashby
R-12 Kyle Kacal
R-14 John Raney
R-16 Will Metcalf
R-17 Stan Gerdes
R-18 Ernest Bailes
R-19 Ellen Troxclair
R-20 Terry M. Wilson
R-21 Dade Phelan
R-24 Greg Bonnen
R-25 Cody Thane Vasut
R-26 Jacey Jetton
R-28 Gary Gates
R-31 Ryan Guillen
R-32 Todd Hunter
R-33 Justin Holland
R-37 Janie Lopez
R-43 J.M. Lozano
R-44 John Kuempel
R-53 Andrew S. Murr
R-54 Brad Buckley
R-55 Hugh D. Shine
R-58 DeWayne Burns
R-60 Glenn Rogers
R-61 Frederick Frazier
R-62 Reggie Smith
R-63 Ben Bumgarner
R-64 Lynn Stucky
R-65 Kronda Thimesch
R-66 Matt Shaheen
R-67 Jeff Leach
R-68 David Spiller
R-69 James Frank
R-71 Stan Lambert
R-72 Drew Darby
R-81 Brooks Landgraf
R-83 Dustin Burrows
R-84 Carl Tepper
R-85 Stan Kitzman
R-88 Ken King
R-89 Candy Noble
R-91 Stephanie Klick
R-96 David Cook
R-97 Craig Goldman
R-98 Giovanni Capriglione
R-99 Charlie Geren
R-106 Jared Patterson
R-108 Morgan Meyer
R-112 Angie Chen Button
R-118 John Lujan
R-121 Steve Allison
R-128 Briscoe Cain
R-133 Mano DeAyala
R-138 Lacey Hull
I voted he same. Turns out, they are both really bad and likley on the exact same page politically.
Can you imagine Gore dealing with 9/11?
Makes me shudder just to think about it.
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Aww George P., he is peeing in his pants.
Bush era needs to end. A very sad time in our history.
The Bush era ended TODAY !
I guess President Trump’s view of this served as a laxative to many of the Republican senators regarding this matter.
No time for the circular firing squad IMHO.
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