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.
. Paxton is accused of improperly providing his friend with sensitive information about the FBI investigation into his businesses and improperly involving the attorney general’s office in a lawsuit between Paul and an Austin nonprofit.Impeachment prosecutors argue that Ken Paxton went to great lengths to
“I walked away with the impression that Nate Paul was involved in the renovations of General Paxton’s home,” Wicker said. Epley also scrutinized one of the documents provided by Buzbee — an invoice from the construction company dated Sept. 1, 2020 billing Paxton for $121,617. Metadata revealed that the invoice was created on Oct. 1, 2020 — the same day senior staffers at the attorney general’s office told Paxton they had reported him to the FBI a day earlier.
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.
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