Following the impeachment trial conclusion of Attorney General Ken Paxton, only ABC13 spoke with Lt. Governor Dan Patrick about his reaction from Paxton's acquittal.
For the first time, ABC13 is hearing from Lt. Governor Dan Patrick after the impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton.
"When I say I wrote two speeches, it is true because I didn't know going into Saturday morning if he was going to be convicted on one or two ," Patrick said. "I didn't think he was going to be convicted on many because in part - and this is another problem with the House, the articles were written so poorly. I mean, like a 12th-grade project.
"The war between the House and Senate has been going on long before I became lieutenant governor," he said. "There is just this rivalry between 150 house members and 31 senators. From this impeachment, there are going to be raw nerves for a while, I'm sure. I've moved on. I have to work with , no matter who the speaker is."
"I have another campaign coming in 2026," he said. "It's very expensive to run a statewide campaign. It is $25-30 million or so. You can't wait till the last minute to raise your money. Here's the truth, and I haven't said anything about it because I was under a gag order. I couldn't talk about this $3 million contribution from the PAC. What no one ever reports is that I also received $3 million from the other side by individual donors.
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