Drew Wicker, Paxton’s former personal assistant, testified at Paxton’s impeachment trial that his boss used four cell phones and ditched his security to meet with Nate Paul. But Wicker also provided Paxton’s lawyer with a chance to attack a central bribery allegation.
took direct aim Wednesday at a central claim to his ongoing impeachment trial: That the suspended attorney general received a bribe in the form of renovations to his Austin home that were paid for by real estate investor Nate Paul.
In response, House impeachment lawyer Erin Epley suggested that Paxton simply opted to forgo the changes out of fears that they could be later scrutinized. Buzbee argued that text message records showed that Paxton directed his blind trust to pay the construction company on Sept. 30, a day before Paxton was told about the report to the FBI. That, in addition to a kitchen remodel that he said never occurred as alleged in impeachment Article 10, show that there was no merit to the bribery accusation, he argued.
Questioning a later witness, Blake Brickman, Paxton's former deputy attorney general for policy and strategy initiatives, impeachment lawyer Rusty Hardin showed emails between Paul and the contractor discussing work being done on Paxton’s house. Paul requested photos of the work, which the contractor provided.
While at the hotel with his father one evening, Wicker said he saw Paxton emerge from an elevator with a woman that Wicker did not recognize at the time. The attorney general was wearing basketball shorts; the woman was in high heels. Wicker said it was clear the two knew one another.On Wednesday, he was shown a drivers license photo of Laura Olson, the woman whose affair with Paxton is central to his ongoing impeachment trial.
Wicker said he retained his own counsel after it became clear that the attorney general’s office was focused on protecting the “institution,” rather than him.
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