Absolutely right. and this an adoption of 20 articles of impeachment that include constitutional bribery, dereliction of duty, disregard of official duty, misapplication of public resources. i mean, the list goes on and on. and these articles were adopted just one day after an explosive and stunning open hearing before this texas house committee made up of three republicans and two democrats that described years-long alleged wrongdoing by the texas attorney general ken paxton to help a donor in relation to a whistleblower lawsuit that ken paxton settled back in february for $3.3 million obligating the texas taxpayer, not paxton, to pay those $3.3 million. look, it s that chunk of money. that s why we re here. that s why this investigation was unleashed because the texas
Scheduled that debate for tomorrow so we could see very soon if in fact attorney general paxton, a republican, will be impeached by this republican controlled legislature. it is remarkable. win i saw this article drop yesterday, i had to read it twice because for so long allegations about ken paxton and his conduct have been out there for so many years but it hasn t gotten a lot of attention from republicans especially in the legislature there. what changed? so the committee is justifying its investigation by saying that there were these four senior employees of the attorney general who they filed a whistleblower lawsuit. there was a proposed settlement for the lawsuit that would pay them $3.3 million. the legislature would be required to approve that money. and they said hey, if we re being asked to pay this money, with she really investigate like is this a good use of our time and taxpayer money.
Whistleblower lawsuit he settled in february obligating texas taxpayers, not paxton, to pay the $3.3 million settlement as part of the settlement the texas a.g. issued an apology, but that doesn t constitute admission of liability. definitely looks like ken paxton trying to deflect his own problems on to the speaker of the house. reporter: after the hearing the mudslinging continued. paxton calling the house speaker the l word, saying feelin is a liberal. disenfranchising voters. phelan saying the attorney general has abused his powers for personal gain and exhibited blatant disregard for eta aquaridscal and legal propriety expected of the state s leading law enforcement officer.
Paxton and the four whistleblowers asked the Texas Supreme Court to defer consideration of the case until they can finalize the settlement, after which they’ll move to end the case.
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