Paxton problems

[smittyb]

“The Office of the Attorney General has investigated the Attorney General and the finding of the Office of the Attorney General is the the Attorney General is innocent”
Huh, I guess since they investigated themselves and found no wrongdoing, we should definitely just drop it.

 

[popper]

Furthermore, an official from the Office of the Attorney General was physically present at a hearing of the House General Investigating Committee on Thursday, May 25. The official offered to testify and sought to inform the House General Investigating Committee about this matter, including by supplying the report, which the official had a physical copy of with him. However, the House General Investigating Committee specifically chose to ignore the official’s offer to testify because they were narrowly focused on advancing an illegal action that would disenfranchise voters who duly elected the Attorney General. They were not interested in the truth. They were interested only in crafting a highly curated, one-sided case to overthrow the will of the voters.

In light of the irresponsible, unfounded, and illegal impeachment of Attorney General Paxton, the Office of the Attorney General is now releasing the report.

More Jan 6 stuff in the House.

 

[Armybrat]

“The Office of the Attorney General has investigated the Attorney General and the finding of the Office of the Attorney General is the the Attorney General is innocent”
Huh, I guess since they investigated themselves and found no wrongdoing, we should definitely just drop it.

Yep, this is the same kind of crap most of us have been bitching about when the Obama/Biden DOJ does it to screw gun owners, ”exonerate“ Hillary, and obstruct the mountains of evidence on Hunter.

 

[Armybrat]

So what is a better source of info than the OAG?

Tricky Dick’s memoirs.

 

[popper]

Paul is now arrested by FBI, no charges known. Get him to testify against Paxton sounds about right for FBI.

Real Estate Developer at Center of Texas AG Impeachment Arrested by FBI

FBI agents arrested Austin real estate developer Natin "Nate" Paul on Thursday afternoon on unspecified charges.

www.breitbart.com

 

[popper]

Anybody going to watch Paxton trail? Phelan and Dems out to get him. So many lies by the RINOS on TV is sickening. Personally, would rather see ALL the crap the Texas house and senate members are into.
Yes, Dems are pouring $$ into the state to take it back.

 

[oldag]

Paxton shot himself in the foot, the best I can tell.

 

[toddnjoyce]

@popper, here’s your original thread on the topic. Paxton made his bed, now he gets to sleep in it.

Paxton problems

Sounds like a bunch of contrived BS to me. Paul seems to have a ot of buniness problems and Paxton dealings with Paul 'appear' to be a problem. IMHO, it's just the long continues effort to dump Paxton. Many claims appear to state voter 'suppression' but the law suits against him (and the...

www.texasguntalk.com

 

[Wudidiz]

The KPRC coverage this morning was awfull. The trial was all pre-trial procedures and outside speculation by local news people and a few "experts". No real proceedings yet.

 

[popper]

A VERY interesting read on impeachment in Texas - a real case! If you want good results from Gov, read the article. Read what he did and why he got impeached.

Texas Politics - Governors: James E. Ferguson

texaspolitics.utexas.edu

His trial -
https://casetext.com/case/ferguson-v-maddox -- an interesting read!

Sec. 7. REMOVAL OF OFFICERS WHEN MODE NOT PROVIDED IN CONSTITUTION (sic..). The Legislature shall provide by law for the trial and removal from office of all officers of this State, the modes for which have not been provided in this Constitution.

Sec. 8. REMOVAL OF JUDGES BY GOVERNOR ON ADDRESS OF TWO-THIRDS OF EACH HOUSE OF LEGISLATURE. The Judges of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and District Courts, shall be removed by the Governor on the address of two-thirds of each House of the Legislature, for willful neglect of duty, incompetency, habitual drunkenness, oppression in office, or other reasonable cause which shall not be sufficient ground for impeachment; (sic..)

The Texas Supreme Court defined impeachment broadly in a 1924 case, Ferguson v. Maddox. The court stated, “‘Impeachment,’ at the time of the adoption of the (Texas) Constitution, was an established and well-understood procedure in English and American parliamentary law… It was designed, primarily, to reach those in high places guilty of official delinquencies or maladministration… the wrongs justifying impeachment need not be statutory offenses or common-law offenses
another interesting Texas Law.

GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 665. IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVAL

No matter what your opinions are about Paxton, the question of proper application of Texas Laws is very important - else quit bitching about your problems with laws.

 

[Eli]

Anybody going to watch Paxton trail? Phelan and Dems out to get him. So many lies by the RINOS on TV is sickening. Personally, would rather see ALL the crap the Texas house and senate members are into.
Yes, Dems are pouring $$ into the state to take it back.

Paxton has long been known to be as crooked as crooked can be, and was arrogant enough to call out Phelen for drunkenness while both of his own hands were in the cookie jar. He's most likely not only going to be removed, he (and possibly his wife) are looking at lengthy prison terms.

Eli

 

[seeker_two]

Paxton has his issues. But, if Phelan and his cronies (i.e. the entire House) win this, they'll be in a position to threaten all elected officials to kowtow to their plans. The Senate needs to stop this farce now. And the TXGOP needs to make ousting Phelan Inc. a top priority....

 

[oldag]

Phelan does not need to be speaker again.

 

[popper]

LA Democrat Gov. Weaponizes ‘Ethics’ Board Against GOP Candidate

A Louisiana ethics commission packed by a Democrat governor resurrected a spurious years-old allegation against a leading Republican gubernatorial candidate.

www.breitbart.com

This is what it is about! So Paxton and wife went to H.D. to pick out stuff for renovation. Proves they were involved with the 'illegal deal' what's-his-name? You want a builder to pick out your stuff? 'I didn't think he was acting morally' says one testimony and maybe being blackmailed. Huh - what? He wants Gov $ to pay for lawsuit by his fired employees when in OFFICE. Phelan said nope. Let's see, he sued the US gov on several occasions, Google, and others. Nope nobody mad at him.
You want lawful Gov? Better rethink some statements here.
Office holders aren't really worried about repercussions, i.e. re-election - big $ controls that. Few cycles back a conservative rancher tried to run for state office. Couldn't get traction as $$ required for running a campaign. Big $ in Texas isn't interested in the people or conservative issues, period! We are lucky to get anybody with good intentions in office ever.

If Ken Paxton’s Staff Can Do It, Why Can’t Dianne Feinstein’s?

The Texas attorney general was impeached because his staff had the courage to sound the alarm about their boss. When will the senator’s staff be brave enough to do the same?

www.thenation.com

Read and weep.
Original cases against Paxton.

Top aides accuse Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of bribery, abusing office

Top aides of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have asked federal law enforcement authorities to investigate...

www.statesman.com

I don't know them, am not in Gov but concerned Texan about our Gov.

 

[leVieux]

there seems to be two trains of thought here (on this website).

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[popper]

Today's See- BS news
Paxton hired a special prosecutor (Paul's request?) to investigate FBI changing the search warrant after-the-fact. Basically told by his staff he can't investigate the FBI. Lawyer gets cease & desist notices from US marshal and isn't paid by Texas for his time.
Illegal to question FBI actions?
AG (office) whistleblowers suit settled against AG (office) Phelan decides state won't pay. If you sue your boss and both are in state Gov, case is about Gov business, isn't that a 'state' case? So what jurisdiction does FBI have? Oh, just 'link' it to an FBI investigation.
Originally, Paxton was a 'broker'. didn't renew for a while - accused of recommending an investment when being paid by the investment when lic not in effect. Not smart - but investors lost $ and wanted him to pay.
I had a buddy once that fixed my A/C for free - is that illegal?
My point - when is Texas going to get it's business in order!
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[wiredgeorge]

Trial is over. TX State Senators will deliberate until 8PM and then come back tomorrow AM if they haven't figured out what to do with Senor Paxton...

Paxton defense calls charges “foolishness,” House argues AG “betrayed us” in closing impeachment arguments

Senators begin deliberating in private after defense lawyers and impeachment managers make impassioned pleas after two weeks of trial.

www.texastribune.org

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Acquitted.

 

[Cool 'Horn Luke]

I'm glad there are enough level headed folks. I'll be honest, I didn't see this coming.

 

[Sasquatch]

Okay, so then Paxton can get back to the business of being a thorn in the side of the Biden admin, and should probably look to bring charges against those who knowingly made false allegations (filing false report?) against him to get this whole charade in motion.