Ken Paxton acquitted of all charges.
These were the closing arguments. pic.twitter.com/xFpPs2F7qk
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) September 16, 2023
The evidence of wrongdoing was utterly unconvincing. This is a misbegotten impeachment that came to an inglorious end.
As the old toast says, “Confusion to the enemy!”
I’m not familiar with any of the particulars of the complaint. It does seem this was an initiative of a faction within the Republican Party assisted by the Travis County DA’s office, which has a wretched reputation for lawfare and political favoritism. In the end, only two Republican state senators supported the impeachment effort.
Paxton is not a particularly nice guy which probably accounts for this action getting as far as it done. Seems that impeachment is the new way of getting at your enemies when substance is a bit light just to run against them in the next election.
A(nother) defeat for the Bushies. Could be that soon you’ll have no choice but to be a Republican if you’re Republican in Texas.
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