Impeached and suspended Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton will not testify at his impeachment trial, his attorney confirmed Monday.
Tony Buzbee, Paxton's defense lawyer, released a lengthy statement late Monday night saying the Texas Republican would fight efforts to force his testimony."General Paxton will not dignify the illegal House action by testifying," Buzbee's statement said."The House has ignored precedent, denied him an opportunity to prepare his defense, and now wants to ambush him on the floor of the Senate.
Calling the Texas House chamber a"kangaroo court" that has denied Paxton"basic constitutional rights," Buzbee said,"Speaker [Dade] Phelan’s disciples, who he personally appointed to be House Impeachment Managers, have refused to turn over any evidence at all — even though it has always been provided to the respondent in every other Texas impeachment proceeding."
The Republican-led House passed 20 articles of impeachment against Paxton in late May, most of which accuse the third-term attorney general of misusing his office to help wealthy real-estate developer and campaign donor Nate Paul.
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