Ken Paxton impeachment trial to include evidence, witnesses.
Ken PaxtonSome observers of the Texas Senate’s two-day struggle to craft rules for Paxton’s upcoming impeachment trial assumed that the protracted process meant senators were negotiating rules that would help Paxton beat the charges. The rules the senators wound up adopting late Wednesday show that is not true: Paxton will face a thorough accounting for his alleged misdeeds.
Those allegations were laid out in 20 Articles of Impeachment approved by the Texas House on May 27 which charged Paxton with a years-long pattern of corruption, including illegally firing four whistleblowers who had accused him of bribery and allegedly attempting to undermine an FBI investigation. The Senate’s rules specify that they will consider 16 of the 20 articles, ignoring those dealing with claims of securities fraud dating back to 2015.
The rules also state that “unnecessary delays, outbursts, or side bar remarks” will not be allowed. This is significant because Paxton’s attorneys, specifically Houston attorney, have been very outspoken in the media in recent weeks, complaining about a “sham trial,” “kangaroo court,” and “political theatre,” and asserting that a trial could take a year. The Senate’s rules seem to warn against such grandstanding.
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