![]() ![]() Leaning into flaring divisions among Republicans, Buzbee portrayed the impeachment as a plot orchestrated by an old guard of GOP rivals. While unleashing attacks on a wide-ranging cast of figures both inside and outside the Texas Capitol, mocking a Texas Ranger who warned Paxton he was risking indictment and another accuser who cried on the witness stand, Buzbee urged the group of Texas Senators serving as a jury that the burden of proof was high. He said the House Board of Managers failed to bring any evidence and they should be ashamed for bringing the case, which he often referred to as "foolishness," to trial. ![]() In a fiery closing Friday, Buzbee said the case was about nothing and was based on supposition. We should not have had to prove our innocence, but that's what we did." I want to thank the court for giving us a just trial on behalf of Attorney General Ken Paxton. "This was a Herculean task to put together a defense when we really didn't even know what we were defending," defense attorney Tony Buzbee said Saturday afternoon. Still, his defense team celebrated the win on Saturday. Paxton, of course, still faces trial on felony securities fraud charges in Collin County, remains under a separate FBI investigation into corruption as a result of the whistleblower investigation, and is in jeopardy of losing his ability to practice law in Texas because of his baseless attempts to overturn the 2020 election. "I look forward to continuing to work with him to secure the border and protect Texas from federal overreach.” ![]() “Attorney General Paxton has done an outstanding job representing Texas, especially pushing back against the Biden Administration,” Abbott said. Greg Abbott welcomed Paxton back to work without reservations. Shortly after the verdict, Republican Gov. Phelan responded with his own statement saying that after the House Board of Managers presented the Texas Senate with extensive evidence of Paxton's corruption, deception and self-dealing, it was extremely unfortunate they chose not to remove him from office. In his statement, he said the impeachment was a sham coordinated by the Biden Administration and House Speaker Dade Phelan that ultimately cost Texas taxpayers millions of dollars and disrupted the work of his office. "The weaponization of the impeachment process to settle political differences is not only wrong, it is immoral and corrupt." "I also thank my legal team for exposing the absurdity of these false allegations," Paxton said. ![]() Paxton also thanked his wife and his supporters, saying he would, "continue to honor your vote by defending the rule of law and our constitutional rights." "I've said many times: See the truth! And that is what was accomplished." "Today, the truth prevailed," Paxton said. Get DFW local news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox. Paxton, who was not seen sitting next to his attorneys in the Senate Chamber as the votes were counted Saturday, issued a statement on X Saturday afternoon and addressed the hearing. Angela Paxton, was present throughout the trial though she was forbidden from voting on a decision. Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton is expected to head back to work after being acquitted Saturday on all 16 articles of impeachment, shedding some of the corruption allegations that have dogged him for the last three years, even if only temporarily.Ī group of Texas Senators, most of them Republicans, acted as a jury and deliberated for less than a day before separately voting on each article Saturday morning and clearing him to return to his office. A conviction of a single article would have removed the attorney general from office. For a conviction on any article of impeachment, two-thirds of the full Senate (21) must have sustained the article.While deliberations were private, the Senators voted in the Senate Chamber, in public.Angela Paxton was not able to vote due to a conflict of interest. A jury of 30 Texas Senators deliberated the 16 verdicts. ![]()
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