Impeachment Opponents News Today

you are live in the cnn newsroom. im jim acosta in washington. were keeping a close eye on two developing stories this hour. in texas, the states attorney general is facing an impeachment vote. ken paxton is accused of bribery and abuse of power. the conservative republican says it is illegal and being pushed by corrupt politicians. in washington, meantime, house speaker kevin mccarthy says progress is being made in talks to avoid the nations first-ever debt default. a short time ago a...

From the attorney general just the last few days. >> reporter: now, jim, i have emailed the office of the attorney general asking about those threats to see if they were real, if they had a comment, and i have not heard back. jim? >> rosa flores, thank you so much for all your work on that. we appreciate it. joining us now with more, scott braddock, the editor of "the quorum report" in austin, texas. scott, thanks for being with us. what do you make of this afternoons session? impeachment oppone...

Weekend, and weve heard the allegations from democrats that this constitutes witness intimidation. you dont see it quite like that. why? >> i dont think that the presidents intent, and its hard to get into his head but from the sidelines, i dont think that his intent is to deter or to influence these witnesses to discourage them from coming forward. i think instead its to discredit them. i think that he views this as hes got a first amendment right, and he needs to defend himself and thats what ...