{"id":2031337,"date":"2023-09-14T01:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T05:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxtons-alleged-mistress-unavailable-to-testify-in-impeachment-trial\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T01:57:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T05:57:43","slug":"ken-paxtons-alleged-mistress-unavailable-to-testify-in-impeachment-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxtons-alleged-mistress-unavailable-to-testify-in-impeachment-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Paxton&#8217;s alleged mistress unable to testify in impeachment trial."},"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\">20<\/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-alleged-mistress-unavailable-to-testify-in-impeachment-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=2031337&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>Missed Opportunity: Alleged \u200dMistress of Texas Attorney General Fails to \u2062Testify in Impeachment Trial<\/h2>\n<p>Excitement filled the air\u2063 as Laura Olson, the alleged mistress of \u2062suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, arrived at\u2062 the Texas Capitol on Wednesday. It seemed certain that she would take the stand as a star \u200cwitness in the impeachment trial against Paxton. However, prosecutors&#8217; hopes were shattered when Lt. Gov. Dan\u200d Patrick announced that\u2064 she \u2064was &#8220;deemed unavailable to testify.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Paxton himself has been absent from the state\u200d Senate chamber since the beginning \u2063of the trial, where he pleaded not guilty\u2062 to 16 articles of \u2064impeachment for various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxtons-alleged-mistress-unavailable-to-testify-in-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"Ken Paxton's alleged mistress unable to testify in impeachment trial.\">alleged white-collar crimes<\/a> during his time in office since 2019. \u200bMeanwhile, his wife, Angela Paxton, a state senator, has been present but unable to vote due\u200b to a perceived conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<h3>Anticipation \u2062and Disappointment<\/h3>\n<p>The reason behind Laura Olson&#8217;s absence from the \u2062stand was not explained by Patrick, leaving many questions unanswered. Fox News reported\u200b that it was\u2064 unclear whether she would\u200b be available to testify in the future. Her testimony was highly anticipated, as previous witnesses \u2063had mostly \u200cbeen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue \"Substantial Allegations\" of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a> staffers and whistleblowers \u200dwith law \u200cenforcement backgrounds. Alongside Nate Paul, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-are-already-panicking-about-trumps-2024-plan\/\" title=\"Liberals Are Already Panicking About Trump's 2024 Plan\">wealthy political donor<\/a> at the center of the investigation who has also \u200cnot testified,\u2064 Olson was \u2062undoubtedly one of the most \u200dintriguing figures to be heard.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate gallery \u200bwas filled to the brim on Wednesday, eagerly awaiting Olson&#8217;s testimony. The Washington Post reported \u2062that it was the fullest \u2064the gallery had been since the trial&#8217;s first day. However, her\u2062 presence turned out \u2064to be unnecessary, as Patrick announced the decision that both sides \u2064had\u200c agreed upon.<\/p>\n<h3>A Pivotal Moment Approaches<\/h3>\n<p>With the prosecution resting its case, a crucial Thursday morning looms ahead.\u200b Senators are\u200d expected to vote on the motion to\u2063 ban Ken Paxton from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnells-betrayal-hurts-the-nation-goodwin\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\u2019s betrayal hurts the nation\">holding public office<\/a>. \u2062This vote holds immense significance \u2064for the future of Paxton&#8217;s \u200cpolitical career.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas House had already voted overwhelmingly to impeach Paxton in May, making him only the third \u2064official in Texas history to face impeachment. This move\u200c came\u2063 after years of ethical inquiries into allegations \u200dof misconduct, including bribery and abuse of office power.<\/p>\n<p>Before his suspension in May, Ken Paxton had served as the attorney general of Texas since 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The alleged mistress of suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was expected to testify in his impeachment trial at the Texas Capitol. However, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick declared her &#8220;unavailable to testify,&#8221; shattering prosecutors&#8217; hopes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2031338,"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-2031337","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\/2031337","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=2031337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}