Embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wants three Democrats thrown off the jury to his upcoming impeachment trial. Paxton's legal team argues that the...
“We’ve seen an abundance of misdeeds here,” Gutierrez, who is seeking to challenge Sen. Ted Cruz in next year’s election, said in the TV appearance.
Removing Democrats seen as more likely to vote for Paxton’s removal would weigh the scale more in the attorney general’s favor. A vote of two-thirds of the Senate is required to convict in an impeachment trial.approved by the Senate in June disqualified Sen. Angela Paxton from voting on any aspect of her husband’s impeachment trial as well as from participating in deliberations.
Removing three Democrats in that same respect, as Paxton requests, would narrow that margin to 21 out of 27 senators eligible to vote.Also Friday, Dr. Steven Hotze, a far-right activist from Houston, sued Patrick and the Senate to allow for Sen. Paxton to act as a juror and to remove the lieutenant governor’s gag order.Hotze, who supports an anti-impeachment political action committee called the “Stand with Paxton PAC,” argues the rule requiring Sen.
“Dr. Hotze has reached out to numerous state senators and state representatives regarding the impeachment of General Paxton and has not received a response,” the lawsuit noted.
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