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Judge excoriates Legislature for total lack of evidence of any crime.
AmericanKulak says
Judge excoriates Legislature for total lack of evidence of any crime.
What judge? What crime was being tried?
Impeachments are not criminal proceedings. Judges are not involved except maybe to chair the proceedings.
The reporter on this piece should thus be fired for using the words 'convict' and 'conviction' on relation to an impeachment 'trial'. But then, that would mean actual basic journalistic standards exist today.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick takes off judge's hat, calls impeachment a waste of taxpayers' money
The president of the Texas Senate who oversaw Ken Paxton's impeachment says the process must be overhauled.
AmericanKulak says
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick takes off judge's hat, calls impeachment a waste of taxpayers' money
The president of the Texas Senate who oversaw Ken Paxton's impeachment says the process must be overhauled.
Not judge. Lt Gov and President of the Texas Senate.
"I'm going to call next week for a full audit of all taxpayer money spent by the House from the beginning of their investigation in March to their final bills they get from their lawyers," said Patrick, also a three-term Republican who acted in the role of judge during the trial that ended with the 16 charges against Paxton being voted down by a solid core of 16 GOP senators.
Patrick, also a three-term Republican who acted in the role of judge during the trial
'Acting as a judge' doesn't make him a fucking judge.
In case you missed it, back in May, only three weeks after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton started investigating Gain of Function research and covid-19 vaccine manufacturer deceptive practices, he was suddenly brought up on impeachment charges. Charges alleging bribery — oh, the irony — and corruption.
On Saturday, after a nine-day trial, the Texas Senate acquitted Paxton on all charges.
Here the May 1st, 2023 announcement from Paxton’s office about his new Pharma investigation:
Totally unrelated, three weeks later, the Texas house filed impeachment articles on May 24th, 2023, which under Texas law automatically suspended Paxton from office during the proceedings.
Sounded to me like most everyone in his office hated him and are corruptafarians. (As per Robert Barnes) Perhaps it's not him directly?
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/16/ken-paxton-acquitted-impeachment-texas-attorney-general/
Judge excoriates Legislature for total lack of evidence of any crime.
2022: Ken Paxton crushes George P. Bush in AG Primary
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/ken-paxton-wins-re-election-defeating-george-p-bush-texas-ag-race-rcna30191