{"id":2034692,"date":"2023-09-16T15:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T19:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-acquitted-by-texas-senators\/"},"modified":"2023-09-16T15:47:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T19:47:28","slug":"ken-paxton-acquitted-by-texas-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-acquitted-by-texas-senators\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Senators Acquit Ken Paxton"},"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\">10<\/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-acquitted-by-texas-senators%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=2034692&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by \u2064Brandon\u200d Bell\/Getty \u200bImages)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>12:44 PM \u2013 Saturday, \u2062September 16, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton acquitted by state senators \u200bat his impeachment trial. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Texas senators\u2062 freed Paxton after deliberating 16 articles of\u2064 impeachment for \u2062over seven hours \u2064the day before. <\/p>\n<p>The Texas Attorney General had been \u200baccused of abusing his powers to assist\u200b his donor Nate Paul, an Austin real estate investor under federal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>When\u2064 Lieutenant Governor\u2062 Dan \u200bPatrick (R- \u200dTexas) validated the acquittal, Paxton was reinstated in \u200dhis \u2063position immediately after \u2062the\u2063 vote\u200d as he had\u2062 been suspended without pay since May.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton released a statement on X, the social media formerly known as Twitter, celebrating the\u2062 decision and said that\u200b \u201cthe truth prevailed.\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cToday, the truth prevailed. The truth could not be buried by mudslinging\u200b politicians or their powerful benefactors. I\u2019ve said many times: Seek \u200dthe truth! And that is what was accomplished,\u201d\u200d Paxton said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My statement on today\u2019s \u2064Senate acquittal \u2062vote: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XZrbfEB5ny\">pic.twitter.com\/XZrbfEB5ny<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Attorney \u2064General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenPaxtonTX\/status\/1703115134686695898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The impeachment process began in 2020,\u200d when \u200cPaxton reportedly asked $3.3 million in government funds to settle a lawsuit with former \u200dtop staffers who were fired after reporting the attorney \u200cgeneral\u2019s conduct \u200dto the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors \u2064accused the\u2062 attorney general \u2064of abusing his position of power to benefit a friend,\u200b Nate Paul, \u2064who\u2062 donated tens of thousands of dollars to the attorney general\u2019s campaign.\u2064 <\/p>\n<p>According to one\u200c of the impeachment articles, Paxton was accused of using employees of \u200bthe attorney general\u2019s office \u200cto\u2063 write a \u2063legal opinion intended to help Paul avoid the foreclosure\u200c sale of properties that he and his \u200cbusinesses owned.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton apologized in the\u200b settlement but \u2062did not admit\u2063 wrongdoing or accept liability. He\u2064 denied misconduct and stated in a statement that the deal was reached \u201cto put this issue \u2064to rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 16 \u2064articles were analyzed by the Texas House which ultimately resulted in voting to impeach\u2062 the \u200battorney.<\/p>\n<p>However, aside from acquitting Paxton \u2063on\u2062 the 16 counts under consideration, the\u2063 Senate concluded to dismiss four additional articles of impeachment\u200c submitted \u2062by the House that were not heard during the Senate\u2062 trial. <\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, the\u2063 remaining four articles dealt \u2064with Paxton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-paxton-acquitted-by-texas-senators\/\" title=\"Texas Senators Acquit Ken Paxton\">alleged \u2062continuing \u2063state securities fraud charge<\/a> which\u2062 he\u2063 is still under investigation\u2063 for.<\/p>\n<p>After the\u200d final vote,\u200d Patrick reportedly\u200b called the two-week trial that started September 5<sup>th<\/sup>,\u2064 a waste of time and resources and said \u201cIt never should \u200dhave happened.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, this trial only focused on the 16 articles \u2064of impeachment and Paxton\u200c remains\u2063 under investigation over his alleged security fraud and will\u200b appear \u200cin\u00a0a hearing about the case on \u2062October 6<sup>th<\/sup>. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking \u2062news blasts directly to your inbox \u200bfor free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This week has been filled\u2063 with major headlines in the U.S. and around \u2064the\u200c world. One America\u2019s Rachel Acenas has our Week In\u200c Review.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p> UAW goes \u2062on strike, while AOC\u2019s constituents tell \u2062her to Close\u2063 the\u2063 Border.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>CA Bill AB 957 is \u2063headed to Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s desk. The\u2063 bill would require judges in child custody cases to consider\u200c whether a\u200b parent has affirmed a child\u2019s gender.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In the \u2064second part of an exclusive interview, Representative James Comer\u200c says Devon\u2062 Archer\u2019s testimony \u2063of a 2015 meeting at Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-jim-jordan-and-james-comer-well-investigate-bidens-shady-business-dealings-when-republicans-take-the-house-in-november\/\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan and James Comer: We\u2019ll Investigate Bidens\u2019 Shady Business Dealings When Republicans Take the House in November\">vice-presidential residence<\/a> with \u2063Hunter Biden and a Kazakh banker\u2063 is \u2063yet more \u201cdirect evidence\u201d of corruption. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LONDON (Reuters) -The European Commission launched an investigation on Wednesday into whether to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reactions-to-eu-probe-of-chinese-electric-cars-imports\/\" title=\"EU probe of Chinese electric cars imports sparks mixed reactions.\">impose punitive tariffs<\/a> to protect European Union automakers against\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters)\u2064 \u2013 ABB is spending $280 million on \u2064a new\u2063 robotics factory in Sweden, the Swiss engineering and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>PARIS (Reuters) \u2013 French Europe Minister Laurence Boon \u2062on\u2064 Wednesday welcomed an anti-subsidy investigation \u2064into Chinese electric vehicles\u2063 launched by the EU\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Mathieu Rosemain\u200d and Silvia Aloisi \u2062PARIS\u2063 (Reuters) \u2013 Apple said \u200don \u2064Wednesday its iPhone\u200d 12\u200b model was certified by multiple international\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2062rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What are the\u200d arguments made by supporters of Paxton \u2064regarding the charges against him and their belief in his acquittal as a victory for justice?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200c G\u2063 regarding those charges in the \u2062near\u2062 future.<\/p>\n<p>This impeachment trial has sparked intense debate and \u200ddivided opinions among Texans and political commentators. Supporters of Paxton argue that he has been unfairly targeted and that the\u200b charges against him are politically motivated. \u2063They believe that he has been an effective and\u200c dedicated Attorney General, and \u200bthat \u200bhis acquittal is \u200da victory for justice.<\/p>\n<p>On the \u200bother hand, critics of Paxton argue that\u2062 he has \u2064abused his power and engaged in \u200dcorrupt behavior.\u2062 They see \u200dhis acquittal as a\u2062 miscarriage of \u2062justice and\u2064 a failure of the Texas Senate to hold him \u2064accountable for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome of this trial raises important questions about the \u200cintegrity and effectiveness of the\u200d impeachment process.\u2063 Some argue that it highlights\u2062 the need for reform and\u200c stronger checks and balances to prevent \u200cabuse of power by public officials.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of one&#8217;s opinion on this particular case,\u200b it is \u200cclear that\u2062 the issue of political corruption and abuse of power remains a significant challenge in our society. It is essential that we continue \u2064to hold our elected \u200dofficials accountable and\u200b demand transparency and integrity in our government.<\/p>\n<p>As the investigation into Paxton&#8217;s alleged securities\u2063 fraud continues, \u2062it will be interesting to see how this case unfolds. The outcome could have significant implications not \u2063only for Paxton&#8217;s political career, but also for the\u2063 broader\u2062 fight against \u200bcorruption.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the acquittal of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton by the state senators at his \u200cimpeachment trial\u2064 has sparked controversy\u200d and debate. \u200dWhile supporters see it as a victory \u2063for justice, critics \u2063argue \u2063that it \u200drepresents\u2064 a failure of the system to hold him accountable. The case \u200chighlights the ongoing \u2064challenge of political corruption and \u2064the need for stronger checks\u200b and balances. As the investigation \u2064continues, \u200cthe outcome will have important implications for the fight against corruption in our society.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted by state senators at his impeachment trial. After deliberating 16 articles of impeachment for over seven hours, Texas senators freed Paxton. 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