{"id":2025252,"date":"2023-09-07T21:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T01:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-impeachment-top-takeaways-from-third-day-of-texas-trial\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T21:42:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T01:42:03","slug":"ken-paxton-impeachment-top-takeaways-from-third-day-of-texas-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-impeachment-top-takeaways-from-third-day-of-texas-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Key points from day three 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-third-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=2025252&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 Witnesses Testify Against Suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton<\/h2>\n<p>The \u2062third day \u2063of the impeachment trial of \u2064suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton \u2062featured witnesses who were troubled by their former\u2064 boss&#8217;s behavior and reported their suspicions to the FBI.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Witnesses\u2062 Speak \u2063Out Against Paxton<\/h3>\n<p>Two witnesses, \u200dRyan Bangert and Ryan Vassar, spoke of the pressure they were put under in 2020 \u2063to stay loyal to Paxton or face retribution\u2064 for reporting \u200bactions they believed put their office in extreme legal\u2064 jeopardy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ex-Paxton employee tears up on stand<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Vassar, a\u200c former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-impeachment-top-takeaways-from-third-day-of-texas-trial\/\" title=\"Key points from day three of the Texas trial for Ken Paxton's impeachment.\">attorney general staffer<\/a>, wiped tears from his face when testifying about the\u200b fallout of reporting Paxton to the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>He said it \u200bwas \u2062&#8221;hurtful&#8221; that \u200bPaxton referred to him and\u2062 other whistleblowers as &#8220;rogue&#8221; employees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This statement of being rogue is contrary to the years that I dedicated my life to the state,&#8221; \u2062said Vassar, \u200bpausing when a tissue was delivered to him on the witness stand.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Vassar was among four former staffers part of a $3.3 million settlement agreement with Paxton. Under the terms announced in February, Paxton agreed to the payout and to issue an apology to the employees who\u200c accused him of corruption in 2020 to the FBI.<\/p>\n<h3>Ken \u2064Paxton &#8216;doing great&#8217; amid\u200b trial,\u200c says wife<\/h3>\n<p>State Sen. Angela Paxton told the \u2064Washington Examiner Thursday \u200cafternoon that although her husband has not been\u200c present since the first day of the trial\u200d on Tuesday, he has been doing\u200b very well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he&#8217;s doing great,&#8221; Paxton \u200csaid during a conversation at the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the defense legal team&#8217;s efforts during the trial and \u200bhow she felt about the events, the senator said, &#8220;It is what it is,&#8221; and smiled.<\/p>\n<p>Angela Paxton is a third-term state senator from a wealthy suburb north \u2062of Dallas, roughly a three-hour drive from Austin. The Paxtons have been married since 1986 and have four children.<\/p>\n<p>The trial is centered on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-close-biden-political-aide-worked-for-weiss-when-inquiry-began\/\" title=\"Biden probe: Aide close to him worked for Weiss during investigation start.\">attorney \u2062general&#8217;<\/a>s legal help to real estate developer Nate Paul, who prosecutors alleged paid Ken Paxton\u200b back by doing expensive home renovations at the couple&#8217;s residence in\u200c Austin and hiring a woman\u2063 with whom Ken Paxton \u2062was allegedly having an affair.<\/p>\n<h3>Top defense lawyer accuses media of making him too &#8216;tan&#8217; in photos<\/h3>\n<p>Lead\u2064 defense attorney Tony Buzbee attacked the press ahead of the third day of the trial and claimed to\u200c have been victimized by an\u200c <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.\">allegedly manipulated image captured<\/a> during the trial.<\/p>\n<p>The Houston-based trial lawyer posted pictures to his public Instagram account moments before the trial commenced\u2062 Thursday morning, suggesting to his \u200dmore than 50,000 followers that the journalists and photographers had an agenda to target him\u2064 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\u200c the \u200dother. I am\u200d out in the sun a lot, but I don\u2019t think my\u200c skin \u2062has ever been that \u2018tan,\u2019\u201d\u200c Buzbee wrote, then suggested an unnamed news outlet had edited the screenshot to make him look less appealing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would they doctor my pic? I\u2019m sure you\u2063 could take a guess,\u201d Buzbee wrote. \u201cSo you think the news isn\u2019t bias? Think again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The first\u200b photograph was\u2064 taken \u2063by Associated\u2063 Press photographer Eric Gay on Tuesday. The\u2063 second picture, which Buzbee did not \u200bcredit, appeared to have\u200d been captured on Wednesday when Buzbee returned to the Capitol noticeably tanner than the previous day.<\/p>\n<p>Buzbee declined to speak with the Washington Examiner \u200dat the \u200dCapitol Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Witnesses in the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton expressed concern over his conduct and alerted the FBI. 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