One of #Texas Attorney General #KenPaxton‘s former staffers testified Monday that the #Republican’s extramarital affair took a toll on employees who had to work long and odd hours because of the secret relationship that is now a factor in his impeachment trial.
https://apnews.com/article/ken-paxton-impeachment-texas-547f46284c7858905b067fefa2c48f0b

The Ken Paxton #impeachment hearings are expected to wrap this week, but there's still a lot of ground to cover.

In this new update, our #Politics Reporter @justinmiller gets into the #corruption, the abuse of power, and a bible owned by Sam Houston: https://www.texasobserver.org/after-a-week-on-defense-ken-paxton-gets-the-floor/

#news #politics #USpol #Texas #TXlege #KenPaxton #Austin #RealEstate #GOP

FYI, the impeachment trial of #Texas AG #KenPaxton is live-streamed. The folks offering commentary know the details and the people involved quite well.

https://www.youtube.com/live/dMLTFoB5Wwk?si=UvIFg413lQQGnp46

#TFG #KenPaxton Birds of a Feather https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F5lbJkDWUAA2Ypf?format=png&name=900x900

Not just #Trump: The trial of #Texas #attorneygeneral #KenPaxton shows #MAGA loves crooks as leaders
https://www.salon.com/2023/09/07/not-just-trump-the-trial-of-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-shows-maga-wants-crooks-as-leaders/?lh_aid=4991254&lh_cid=7efgnzf5w4&lh_em=dustcircle0@gmail.com&di=1c8279c55e3c993e5daff7d2abec060c

From yesterday: More dirt on Ken Paxton—the Attorney General loves to go to court, as long as he's suing the Biden administration. When it comes to doing his job—defending state agencies—that's another matter, and a bill for the taxpayers to cover ... https://www.texasobserver.org/ken-paxton-state-agency-court-cases/

#news #politics #USpol #KenPaxton #impeachment #Texas #corruption

"If televised preachers, and televised quacks, and reruns of NCIS have grown over-familiar for your weekday viewing, take a ride down the streaming river of content to Austin, where the Texas Senate is trying Attorney General Ken Paxton on articles of impeachment for allegedly being a greedy mofo."

~ Charles Pierce

#Texas #Republicans #KenPaxton #impeachment #crime #criminal

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a45027065/ken-paxton-impeachment-trial/

@tanyatussing

@DemocracyMattersALot

Corruption, even on a massive scale, never bothered Republicans before. What did Paxton do to bring this level of retribution on his head?

#TexasTribune #Txlege #KenPaxton #Texas

Scum bucket Ken Paxton's impeachment trial began today. Now would be a great time to call and let them know you want Ken gone. #Texas #AG #KenPaxton #GOPCorruption

While Ken Paxton has become infamous for his lawsuits against the federal government, he's simultaneously been overlooking a key part of his job: defending #Texas state agencies in court. Instead, according to this investigation by @ProPublica and @texastribune, he's repeatedly forced taxpayers to pay the bill.
https://www.texasobserver.org/ken-paxton-state-agency-court-cases/

#news #politics #USpol #corruption #impeachment #KenPaxton #Law

Top story: Ken and Angela Paxton took time out of their busy schedule to promote a lobbyist-friend's tech shell company in Kosovo. Politics reporter Justin Miller gets to the bottom of the grift ... https://www.texasobserver.org/angela-ken-paxton-frinzi-multiband/

#Politics #USpol #corruption #Texas #impeachment #KenPaxton #news #TXlege

Featured story: If Ken Paxton falls to his #impeachment, could his wife, state Senator Angela Paxton prosper in his place? History suggests it's more likely than you think, according to Senior Writer and Editor Lise Olsen ...
https://www.texasobserver.org/impeachment-texas-ken-paxton-history/

#KenPaxton #corruption #Republicans #news #politics #USpol #Texas #TXlege

Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial in Texas, explained

> The trial represents an opportunity for moderate state Republicans to neutralize the powerful #farright wing that Paxton represents, and the result could help decide the state party’s trajectory in one of the nation’s biggest #GOP trifectas.
https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/9/5/23860491/ken-paxton-impeachment-trial-texas-trump #KenPaxton #Texas #Republican

The fact that Collin County Republicans allowed the Confederate flag to be displayed at their Labor Day party for Ken Paxton tells you all you need to know about his supporters.

Ahead of Ken Paxton’s impeachment, some Republicans on his home turf remain loyal | KERA News #KenPaxton

https://www.keranews.org/politics/2023-09-01/ahead-of-ken-paxtons-impeachment-some-republicans-on-his-home-turf-remain-loyal

#KenPaxton 's Attorney General Office been denying former prisoner Sharif $8,500 in compensation for years -

(a guard destroyed his property) -

Paxton's office has used over $100,000 so far, to deny him $8,500 compensation - the taxpayers of #Texas pay for it all.

his office Did cover the cost of sending us the FOIA'd PDF.

#Paxton is bottomless in trying to hurt those who have the least recourse.

we had a bunch of Texas reporters interested in this story, but they all cooled on it.

#Texas #AttorneyGeneral #KenPaxton “wasn’t the man he publicly proclaimed to be,” the state #HouseRepublican who is leading the #impeachment case against Paxton told the state #Senate on Tuesday.

“He betrayed his constituents & the sacred public trust that’s been given him. And in Texas, we require more from our public officials than to merely avoid being a criminal,” Rep. #AndrewMurr said in his opening statement as Paxton’s impeachment trial began Tuesday afternoon.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/politics/paxton-impeachment-first-day/index.html

" The historic #impeachment trial of Attorney General #KenPaxton (R) over allegations of bribery, unfitness for office and abuse of public trust began Tuesday in the #Texas Senate...

The state House overwhelmingly voted to impeach the attorney general in May...

Separately, he still is contending with felony securities fraud charges — he was indicted months after he took office as attorney general in 2015"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09/05/texas-ken-paxton-impeachment-trial/

#GOP #Crime #Fraud #USPol #Politics #News #USA

Earlier: Senior #Politics Writer @justinmiller dug into 4.000 pages of evidence released in the Ken Paxton #impeachment trial, which began today. He found more evidence of #corruption and misuse of power:
https://www.texasobserver.org/impeachment-ken-paxton-documents-evidence/

#news #politics #USpol #Texas #Republicans #KenPaxton #GOP

Good morning, happy Monday! It's predicted to reach 100 degrees today in Austin, #Texas.

The #impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton begins today. Read all our coverage, so far, here: https://www.texasobserver.org/tag/ken-paxton-impeachment/

#news #politics #USpol #KenPaxton #TXlege

Why Did #Texas AG Ken Paxton Refuse to Represent State Agencies Dozens of Times?
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Records obtained by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune give deeper insight into how Paxton’s representation denials often pushed agencies to look for outside legal counsel that was ultimately funded by #taxpayers.

#KenPaxton #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/documents-reveal-ken-paxton-denial-record-state-agencies?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post