{"id":2024049,"date":"2023-09-06T21:25:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T01:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-impeachment-top-takeaways-from-second-day-of-texas-trial\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T21:25:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T01:25:58","slug":"ken-paxton-impeachment-top-takeaways-from-second-day-of-texas-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-impeachment-top-takeaways-from-second-day-of-texas-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Key points from day two of the Texas trial for Ken Paxton&#8217;s impeachment."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fken-paxton-impeachment-top-takeaways-from-second-day-of-texas-trial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2024049&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Impeachment Trial \u200cof Ken Paxton: Day Two<\/h2>\n<p>The second day of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-calls-for-trump-to-be-immediately-removed-from-office-by-impeachment-or-25th-amendment\/\" title=\"Schumer Calls for Trump to be \u201cImmediately Removed From Office\u201d by Impeachment or 25th Amendment\">impeachment trial<\/a> \u200bof suspended\u200c Attorney General Ken Paxton was filled with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greg-gutfeld-reportedly-the-reason-geraldo-rivera-is-leaving-the-five-knockdown-drag-out-fights\/\" title=\"Greg Gutfeld allegedly caused Geraldo Rivera's departure from 'The Five' due to intense arguments.\">intense arguments<\/a> and new revelations from key witnesses. Lead counsel\u2062 Tony\u200c Buzbee and witness Jeff Mateer engaged in \u200bnearly six\u2062 hours of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-post-trump-gop\/\" title=\"The Post-Trump GOP\">heated debate<\/a>, \u200bconstantly interrupted by\u2062 objections from \u2064opposing lawyers.<\/p>\n<h3>Paxton&#8217;s Absence Raises Eyebrows<\/h3>\n<p>As the trial \u2063began, it was immediately noticeable that the main figure, Ken Paxton, was nowhere \u200bto \u200cbe found. The 60-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-red-flag-laws-result-in-66-firearm-confiscations\/\" title=\"Reports: Red flag laws result in 66 firearm confiscations\">attorney general chose<\/a>\u2063 to \u2062skip the \u200bproceedings after Lt. Gov. Dan\u2064 Patrick ruled that he was not\u200d obligated\u2062 to testify.\u2063 While Paxton&#8217;s absence was\u2063 notable,\u200b his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, was present\u2064 and required to attend the trial.<\/p>\n<p>Angela Paxton, one of the 31 senators \u2063in the chamber, was \u200bbarred from voting due to her\u2063 conflict of interest. However, she will be present throughout the trial over the \u200cnext few\u200b weeks.<\/p>\n<h3>Questioning the \u2063Intentions \u2062of a Top Paxton Aide<\/h3>\n<p>The\u2062 first witness, Jeff\u200b Mateer, former first assistant to Paxton, \u2063took \u200dthe stand on Tuesday afternoon. \u2064Buzbee raised concerns \u2064about Mateer&#8217;s decision to go to the FBI instead of discussing his relationship with \u2062real estate \u2063developer\u2064 Nate Paul directly with \u200bPaxton.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton&#8217;s lawyers dropped their \u200bobjection to admitting\u2063 communications\u200c with his staff, allowing House prosecutors \u2063to present them as evidence. \u2062Buzbee emphasized that Paxton had nothing to hide.<\/p>\n<h3>A Second Witness Steps Forward<\/h3>\n<p>Shortly after 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the House impeachment managers called their second witness, Ryan Bangert, to the\u200c stand.\u200d Bangert, one of the\u200b eight whistleblowers who approached\u2064 the FBI, shared details\u2064 about the friendship between Paul\u200c and\u2062 Paxton.<\/p>\n<p>Bangert\u2063 revealed\u200d that both Paul\u2063 and Paxton saw themselves\u200b as victims of government overreach. Paul had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-impeachment-top-takeaways-from-second-day-of-texas-trial\/\" title=\"Key points from day two of the Texas trial for Ken Paxton's impeachment.\">sought state law enforcement records \u2064related<\/a> to an investigation\u2062 into the FBI \u200craid on\u200b his home in 2019. When he failed to obtain the information, he turned to Paxton for help.<\/p>\n<p>Bangert expressed concern about Paxton&#8217;s involvement, stating, &#8220;You do not want to compromise in any way an ongoing\u200d investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The trial recessed at 6 p.m. and will resume at 9 a.m. on\u200b Thursday. \u200dThe \u2063House managers have not yet disclosed the\u2064 other witnesses they\u2063 plan to call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The impeachment trial of Ken Paxton saw prosecutors finally hearing from a crucial witness on day two. Defense attorney Tony Buzbee and witness Jeff Mateer engaged in a lengthy six-hour debate, often interrupted, as they presented their arguments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2024050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}