All rise. The court of impeachment of the texas senate is now in session. The honorable Lieutenant Governor and president of the senate, dan patrick, now presiding. May be seated. I am going to take your suggestion into consideration on exhibits, if time is spent from your side. Thank you very much. At this time, Opening Statement by the managers. Mr. Presiding officer. One housekeeping matter before that. Yes . The attorney general seeks a ruling from this court that to the extent privileges, attorneyclient privilege, executive privilege, etc. , may apply, those are held by the attorney general. Now, were not asking the court it rule in any particular statement or any particular document as privilege at this time but for purposes of the managers Opening Statement, Going Forward in this case, we ask that this court rule that those privileges, which all attach during the time at which the attorney genoas the elected serving duly attorney general attached to him, conversations he had wit
We will return live to the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney general ken paxton aftemorning of pretrial motions and we expect Opening Statements to get underway this afternoon. Live coverage here on cspan. Again, waiting for openingstf texas senator ken paxton. The texas senate is considering 20 articles of impeachment against the attorney general, which include bribery, abuse of office, and obstruction of justice. The charges stem from allegations brought to light in late 2020 by general paxtons own senior staff. They say he did political favors for a federally indicted Real Estate Developer and Campaign Donor in exchange for a Kitchen Remodel and a job for a woman with whom paxton was having an alleged affair. No criminal penalties are associated with impeachment and attorney general paxton will not automatically lose his state pension if convicted. Hes currently suspended without pay pending the trials outcome. Attorney general paxton denies doing anything wrong. Again, opening ar
Word for word. From the Nations Capital to wherever you are. The opinion that matters the most is your own. Cspan, powered by cable. The Texas State Senate begin its impeachment trial of ken paxton on allegation of bribery and obstruction. The first day included testimony , the attorney general was impeached in may by the texas legislature. The court of impeachment is now in session the honorable Lieutenant Governor dan patrick is now presiding. I am going to take your suggestion into consideration. [no audio] the Opening Statement by the managers. We would like to address one housekeeping matter before that. The attorney general seeks a ruling towards privileges, those are held by the attorney general and we are asking the role on any particular statement or document as privileged at this time but for the purpose of the managers Opening Statement we ask this court ruled that those privileges that are attached at the time when the attorney general was the elected attorney general, conv
Word for word. From the Nations Capital to wherever you are. The opinion that matters the most is your own. Cspan, powered by cable. The Texas State Senate begin its impeachment trial of ken paxton on allegation of bribery and obstruction. The first day included testimony , the attorney general was impeached in may by the texas legislature. The court of impeachment is now in session the honorable Lieutenant Governor dan patrick is now presiding. I am going to take your suggestion into consideration. [no audio] the Opening Statement by the managers. We would like to address one housekeeping matter before that. The attorney general seeks a ruling towards privileges, those are held by the attorney general and we are asking the role on any particular statement or document as privileged at this time but for the purpose of the managers Opening Statement we ask this court ruled that those privileges that are attached at the time when the attorney general was the elected attorney general, conv
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