Suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will not testify in his impeachment trial, according to his attorney, who called the proceeding a “sham” that would “encourage future kangaroo courts.”
“That is why Attorney General Paxton will not dignify the illegal House action by testifying,” attorney Tony Buzbee said in a statement late Monday. “We will not bow to their evil, illegal, and unprecedented weaponization of state power in the Senate chamber.” Paxton was impeached by the Texas House of Representatives in May for alleged misconduct, including allegations that he used his office to favor the interests of a prominent donor. He has denied the allegations.
Paxton’s wife, Dallas-area Republican state Sen. Angela Paxton previously said she would not recuse herself from voting in her husband’s impeachment trial. But she will no longer be allowed to vote in the upcoming proceedings due to new rules the state Senate approved last month. Paxton is a conservative firebrand who is closely aligned with former President Donald Trump.
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