Rules for Ken Paxton impeachment trial were announced tonight

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The rules for the impeachment trial of Ken Paxton were announced tonight. See https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/881/billtext/html/SR00035I.htm
I was happy to see that Ken Paxton and his asshole attorney Tony Buzbee were not successful in limiting the trial to only depos and no live witnesses. Paxton and Buzbee really pushed for a sham trial.

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https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/15/ken-paxton-impeach-senate-trial/

As a Texas Senate committee works in secret to devise rules for an upcoming impeachment trial, allies for suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton are lobbying hard for the ability to dismiss the allegations against Paxton without the need for a trial.....

Paxton’s lead attorney, Tony Buzbee, has been on a media tour in recent days, arguing that the House impeachment process was so flawed that the Senate should create rules that allow members to effectively dismiss the case pretrial.....

Paxton’s side has been the most aggressive in trying to influence the rules. Buzbee has warned that if the committee does not create a possible pretrial off-ramp, the Senate could be in for a painstaking process featuring more than 60 witnesses, thousands of pages of documents and a time frame that could last up to a year.

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There will be a full trial and any summary judgements motion must be voted on by the full senate

Under the rules announced tonight, there will be a gag order which will piss off Buzbee

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Paxton's wife is recused but will have to attend for quorum purposes

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Angela Paxton was one of three state senators who voted against these rules.

This will be fun to watch

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. You can bet it will be fun to watch!

I don't even live in Texas, and I'm looking forward to reading/hearing how this goes.

It sounds as though this will not be a sham trial.