{"id":2031685,"date":"2023-09-14T11:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/impeachment-case-against-paxton-implodes-as-witnesses-admit-no-misdeeds\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T11:52:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:52:11","slug":"impeachment-case-against-paxton-implodes-as-witnesses-admit-no-misdeeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/impeachment-case-against-paxton-implodes-as-witnesses-admit-no-misdeeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Paxton&#8217;s impeachment case collapses as witnesses confess no wrongdoing."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fimpeachment-case-against-paxton-implodes-as-witnesses-admit-no-misdeeds%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=2031685&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--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<p><strong>A week \u2063and\u200d a half\u2064 into the impeachment \u200ctrial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, \u2062the \u2062case against \u2064the conservative fighter is falling apart in spectacular fashion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Witness\u200d after witness, all called by the House Board of Managers, have testified under oath that \u200cthey either have no \u200cdirect evidence against the attorney\u200b general\u2062 or explained that the articles of\u2064 impeachment were simply\u2062 untrue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1044813989\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6bb9fe46b8a6cb49b57f6ada183fe547 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6bb9fe46b8a6cb49b57f6ada183fe547\"><\/div>\n<p>All this \u2064after Rep. Andrew Murr,\u200d R-Junction, chief manager, promised the people of Texas that the trial in the Senate would be the place where \u2063the\u200c supposed evidence of\u2063 horrific misdeed would \u200dbe finally brought \u2063to light.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of convincing evidence showing that Paxton abused his \u2062office beyond a reasonable\u200d doubt, those watching the\u2063 trial have \u2062been met\u200c with overwhelming evidence \u200dto\u2064 the contrary. The witnesses closest to \u200cPaxton, who had\u200b the most opportunity to \u200dsee wrongdoing, have repeatedly testified under oath that they never\u2063 saw the general do anything wrong or had no evidence to speak of that \u2064proved \u2063wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>For\u2062 example,\u200c the prosecution\u2062 called Drew Wicker,\u2064 Paxton\u2019s\u2064 former personal assistant. Wicker \u200chad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-york-for-jan-6-committee-time-for-transparency-is-running-out\/\" title=\"Byron York: Time for Transparency Runs Out\">previously told investigators<\/a> that he was worried \u2064that an Austin-based businessman had\u2064 paid for renovations to Paxton\u2019s \u200bAustin residence, which <a href=\"https:\/\/senate.texas.gov\/_assets\/coi\/docs\/Articles-of-Impeachment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">forms<\/a> the\u2062 basis for\u200c impeachment Article 10.<\/p>\n<p>However, Wicker <a href=\"https:\/\/dallasexpress.com\/state\/key-witness-denies-paxton-bribery-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained<\/a> on the stand \u200dthat he had never seen any agreement\u2064 between the two men \u200dand \u200deven testified \u2062that he had not and would never accuse Paxton of\u2064 bribery. On cross-examination, the defense provided pictures \u200bof Paxton\u2019s home from before the 2020 renovations and from August\u2063 2023, \u2063which showed Wicker that the renovations he had \u2062been concerned about \u2062never even took\u200d place.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-663712d982640ce7a810c8e2148a3527 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-663712d982640ce7a810c8e2148a3527\"><\/div>\n<p>Furthermore, the defense \u200bproduced invoices and bank \u2063statements showing the general \u200dhad\u2062 paid for all renovations from his personal\u2064 accounts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan we agree now, Drew, that your concerns have been \u200bput to bed?\u201d\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">defense lawyer<\/a>, Tony \u2063Buzbee, asked. \u201cYes, sir,\u201d Wicker confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>A similar \u200csequence happened when the House \u2063called a\u200b young\u200d lawyer named Brandon Cammack to the stand. Paxton had hired Cammack as outside counsel for the Office of the Attorney General to investigate allegations of misconduct by state\u200b and federal law enforcement made by Nate Paul.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton hired Cammack\u200d because none of the \u2063employees in the office would look into the\u200d case, with\u2064 some \u200deven claiming that it would \u200cbe illegal for\u2062 Texas to investigate wrongdoing by federal officials. \u200bCammack eventually sent out several dozen grand jury subpoenas in an effort to obtain information. This\u2063 action triggered several of Paxton\u2019s top staffers to go to the FBI and allege criminal wrongdoing\u200b in \u200c2020 \u2014 setting off \u2063the series \u2063of events that would eventually lead \u200dto the impeachment trial.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7208f4af68ed6247aaac3680d7c900df fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7208f4af68ed6247aaac3680d7c900df\"><\/div>\n<p>Impeachment Article 5 is grounded entirely on Cammack\u2019s actions, but on the \u2062stand, \u200dthe young attorney destroyed the claim in\u200c its totality.<\/p>\n<p>The House Managers <a href=\"https:\/\/senate.texas.gov\/_assets\/coi\/docs\/Articles-of-Impeachment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alleged<\/a> \u200dthat Cammack had been hired as a \u201cprosecuting attorney pro \u200ctem,\u201d a very specific legal position with statutory limitations. \u2064However, Cammack <a href=\"https:\/\/dallasexpress.com\/state\/house-witness-undermines-impeachment-article\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained<\/a> he never operated under that title, and his contract confirmed he had been hired as \u200c\u201coutside counsel\u201d only, something Paxton had the legal authority to do.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the impeachment \u200darticle claims \u2062that the\u200d investigation had been baseless and done solely for\u200c the benefit of Paul, but Cammack testified, \u201cI was convinced there was\u2062 something \u2063there,\u201d adding that \u200d\u201cif the\u200c allegations they were making were true, that would be serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the defense asked Cammack if he had conducted \u200dthe investigation \u200bfor the benefit \u200bof Paul\u200b and his businesses,\u2064 he \u200cadmitted, \u201cI\u200b didn\u2019t even know Mr. Paul or his properties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With these two impeachment articles imploding, many \u200cof the others similarly fall away as they are all intertwined. \u200cIn short, the Board of Managers was doing about as well as a pig on ice.   <\/p>\n<p>As if to \u200cpunctuate the absolute disaster of the House\u2019s argument, Rusty Hardin, the 81-year-old lawyer leading the prosecution, accidentally rested their case-in-chief before the other side had a chance to cross-examine the witness who was still sitting on the stand.<\/p>\n<p>When he tried \u2063to take it back, Tony \u200dBuzbee \u200bheld him to it, and Lt. Gov. Patrick agreed, ending the prosecution\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of trial, Buzbee told the Senate, \u201cThe prosecution and the press will tell a whopping story \u2026\u200b [but] it\u2019s a tale of sound and fury; it signifies nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And after a week and \u200ca half and\u200d more\u200c than two dozen hours of\u2064 testimony, it appears that the\u2064 impeachment \u200dgambit\u200b against Paxton \u2064really did \u200bsignify nothing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-043f36c2cab660ef0791a5a7fa238c25 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-043f36c2cab660ef0791a5a7fa238c25\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>that their previous statements were based on hearsay or speculation. The lack of substantial evidence weakens the case against Paxton, leaving doubts about the validity of the impeachment trial. As the trial progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that the accusations against the conservative attorney general may not hold up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2393,"featured_media":2031686,"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":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2031685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"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\/2031685","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\/2393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}