Whistleblower Ryan Vassar, the former deputy attorney general for legal counsel, is expected to return to the stand on Friday in the impeachment trial of Ken Paxton.
Paxton Impeachment Trial: Whistleblower gets emotional Key moments from the prosecution in the questioning of whistleblower Ryan Vassar. Vassar is one of 4 whistleblowers who sued the state after being fired from the Office of the Attorney General.
Vassar and the other whistleblowers received at $3.3 million settlement. Vassar got emotional on the stand Thursday when asked about Ken Paxton referring to whistleblower as rogue employees. "It's contrary, the statement of being rogue is contrary to the years I dedicated my life to the state," said Vassar. Vassar also testified that he and the other whistleblowers felt they had to go to the FBI or Paxton's actions would get "more extreme." He also noted that they were afraid they would eventually be named as co-conspirators in the attorney general's alleged crimes.FILE PHOTO. Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, speaks during a panel discussion about the Devaluing of American Citizenship during the Conservative Political Action Conference held in the Hyatt Regency on February 27, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. (Phot Lawyers for Paxton questioned whether Vassar had any evidence of a crime being committed when he went to the FBI.Vassar said he had "good faith beliefs that a crime had occurred" and that they were the complainants, not the investigators.Ken Paxton's defense team questions whistleblower Larry Vassar about if he had any evidence that the attorney general had committed a crime and other top moments from Day 3 in the impeachment trial.21 Texas Senators must vote to convict Paxton to remove him from office. If all 12 Democrat Senators vote to convict, at least nine Republicans have to join them. If Paxton is removed from office the Senate will then take another vote to potentially bar him from holding elected office in Texas again.
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