Senators can’t agree on how to conduct Paxton’s impeachment trial.
Ken Paxton at a press conference last month following the Texas House General Investigation Committee's recommendation to the full chamber to impeach him over allegations of abuse of office's upcoming impeachment trial be a real examination of the charges against him or, as members of the Texas House of Representatives recently put it, a"sham trial"? This was the question lingering at the Capitol as theTuesday and Wednesday, Texas senators conducted secret meetings with the...
State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, requests the Texas Senate have more time to secretly work out rules for Ken Paxton's impeachment trial, warned in a memo last week about"Mr. Paxton's counsel's alarming public request for a sham trial.
Ironically, the 22 House Republicans who voted against Paxton's impeachment said they did so not because he was innocent, but because the presentation by the House's investigating committee did not include this kind of trial-level evidence and witness testimony. Without this kind of evidence, they said, the presentation amounted to hearsay.
The fact that there has been no easy agreement among the senators implies that at least some of them are uneasy with a summary procedure. Since Paxton's impeachment was announced, observers have speculated about conflicts of interest in the upper body, as well as the willingness of Patrick, who has been Paxton's extremely close ally – politically, if not personally – to oversee his conviction and removal from office. Both Republicans are funded by many of the same wealthy interests.
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