{"id":2024890,"date":"2023-09-07T16:41:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxtons-impeachment-trial-attorney-tony-buzbee-complains-about-facial-tan\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T16:43:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:43:40","slug":"ken-paxtons-impeachment-trial-attorney-tony-buzbee-complains-about-facial-tan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxtons-impeachment-trial-attorney-tony-buzbee-complains-about-facial-tan\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Buzbee, attorney for Ken Paxton&#8217;s impeachment trial, criticizes facial tan."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-paxtons-impeachment-trial-attorney-tony-buzbee-complains-about-facial-tan%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=2024890&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 Defense Attorney \u200bTony Buzbee Fires Back at Press During Impeachment Trial<\/h2>\n<h3>Accuses Media of Manipulating Images to Undermine Appearance<\/h3>\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas\u200c \u2014 Ken Paxton\u2019s\u200b lead defense attorney Tony Buzbee attacked the press ahead of day three of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexico-publishes-heavily-edited-probe-of-exonerated-general\/\" title=\"Mexico Publishes Heavily Edited Probe of Exonerated General\">attorney general&#8217;<\/a>s <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> and claimed to have \u200bbeen victimized by an allegedly manipulated image captured during \u2062the trial.<\/p>\n<p>The Houston-based trial lawyer\u2062 posted pictures to his public Instagram \u200daccount moments before the\u200d trial commenced Thursday morning, suggesting\u2062 to his more than 50,000 followers that the \u200djournalists and photographers had an agenda to target him by undermining his appearance.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHere are two pics from two different reputable news organizations, taken on the same day, within minutes of the other. \u200cI \u200bam out in the sun a lot, but I don\u2019t think my skin has ever been\u200b that \u2018tan,\u2019\u201d Buzbee wrote, then suggested\u200d an unnamed news outlet had edited the screenshot to make him look less appealing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would \u2062they doctor my\u2062 pic? I\u2019m sure you could take a guess,\u201d Buzbee wrote. \u201cSo you think\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-whitehouse-officially-very-anxious-about-climate-legislation\/\" title=\"Sen. Whitehouse 'Officially Very Anxious About Climate Legislation'\">news isn\u2019<\/a>t bias? Think again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The first photograph\u2063 was taken\u200c by Associated Press photographer Eric Gay on Tuesday. The second \u200cpicture, which Buzbee did not credit, \u2064appeared to have been captured on Wednesday when\u2063 Buzbee\u2063 returned to the\u2062 Capitol noticeably tanner than the previous\u200b day.<\/p>\n<p>Buzbee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxtons-impeachment-trial-attorney-tony-buzbee-complains-about-facial-tan\/\" title=\"Tony Buzbee, attorney for Ken Paxton's impeachment trial, criticizes facial tan.\">profile boasts  \u200bbillion collected<\/a> as a \u201cnational trial lawyer\u201d and his experience as a &#8220;U.S. Marine Corps Recon Vet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cAssociated Press captured Buzbee in the same lighting\u200b in\u2063 the chamber on Wednesday, as pictured below.<\/p>\n<p>Buzbee&#8217;s rant on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> could \u2062be \u200bpart of a larger strategy to\u200d solicit public sympathy by claiming to be a victim of the press.<\/p>\n<p>However, screenshots of local media livestreams from proceedings Wednesday shot from the same camera show slightly darker and lighter versions of the\u2063 trial&#8217;s events.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paxton\u200c is a third-term Republican attorney general who\u200c faces 16 articles of impeachment including unfitness for office and \u200cbribery.<\/p>\n<p>Buzbee \u200bdeclined to comment on his post during an in-person request at the Capitol Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Austin, Texas, Tony Buzbee, Ken Paxton&#8217;s defense attorney, criticized the media before day three of the impeachment trial. 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