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Particularly on immigration and the environment. very often texas is the lead plaintiff because that way they can find trump appointed district court -- other conservative district judges in texas and then have a pipeline for the case to go through the fifth circuit, perhaps the most conservative in the country. this is something that republican versus used over and over again. so, paxton has made himself into a hero for, you know, the maga base in many ways by positioning himself as kind of the tip of the sphere in legal efforts to stop biden. inside of texas, it's fascinating. there is a div...

With a top campaign donor that involved an alleged affair. in a statement, paxton said the allegations are politically motivated and based on, quote, hearsay and gossip. and also added the corrupt politicians in the texas house are actively destroying texas' position as the backstop against the biden agenda in the country. >> deceitful impeachment attempt will inflict lasting damage on the credibility of the texas house. >> paxton has been under indictment for felony securities violations since taking office. he's also under fbi investigation for his actions connected to the articles of impeac...

Investigator if you will. he sent a letter, based on the speaker dade phelan in an obviously intoxicated state, i'm calling for -- that we have seen in washington, attack the attackers, attack the investigators. does it work in texas? >> well, we'll see. it doesn't seem to have worked in this case because that statement was issued right before they announced all of the articles of impeachment. so, clearly it was some sort of attempt to head this off or as you say to attack the attackers. but, look, this is republicans policing their own. it is hard for him to argue this is somehow partisan. ag...

Trump playbook, paxton blames the looming impeachment fight on liberal factions in the texas republican party. run representative predicts paxton will be impeached by the texas house, but is calling on the texas senate to refuse to hold an impeachment trial. >> no one has any evidence that he did anything wrong. it's all allegations. it's all allegations. so, yes, this is just -- this is political retribution is all it is. this is a complete sham. >> if the impeachment passes in the texas house with a majority vote, it moves on to the senate, where the attorney general's wife, state senator an...

Liberal faction in the texas state legislature, it doesn't really exist. so, you know, he's clearly trying everything he can. and he will have the opportunity to make his case in these proceedings. but this has been coming for a very long time. >> yes, it has. and now the moment of truth is here. i just want to put on the record the reaction from the texas house speaker to that. his communications director saying, little more than a last ditch effort to save face. great to see you both. have a great weekend. if you're making plans to head to the beach this weekend yourself, please stick around...