After senators rejected the suspended attorney general’s bid to dismiss all accusations against him, lawyers for both sides laid out their cases and impeachment managers called their first witness.
Paxton, Murr said, misused the powers of his office by conducting sham investigations of Paul’s rivals, improperly provided Paul with sensitive information about an FBI investigation into his businesses, and baselessly involved the attorney general’s office in a lawsuit between Paul and an Austin nonprofit.
“Is there proof beyond all reasonable doubt for you to convict Ken Paxton?” Cogdell asked senators, who are acting as jurors. “And I suggest to you that it is crystal clear that there is not evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. I have one simple ask: do the right thing.”impeachment articles “If this misguided effort is successful, which I am confident it will not be, the precedent would be perilous for any elected official,” he said.
Buzbee also rejected allegations that Paxton used burner phones or secret email accounts to communicate outside the norms of the office. In addition, he said, defense lawyers will show that Paxton had the authority to hire an outside lawyer to investigate Paul’s complaint against a host of state and federal officials whom he believed improperly searched his home and businesses.
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