Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawyers want to delay oral arguments in a legal ethics case regarding his challenge to the 2020 presidential election...
, until after his impeachment trial. They are also representing Paxton in impeachment, the lawyers argue, noting it would be difficult to handle both cases at once.
“It is the first [impeachment] of a statewide elected official in over 100 years, and it presents extraordinarily complex issues which require extensive preparation. It would therefore prove difficult for counsel to provide competent representation in this matter as well without postponing argument,” wrote Judd Stone and Christopher Hilton,The state bar disciplinary committee that filed the lawsuit will not oppose the request to postpone, a spokesperson confirmed Thursday.
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