CastletonSnob Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Today is Day 1 of Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment trial. Paxton is accused of using his office to benefit Austin real estate developer Nate Paul. You can watch the trial via stream. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CastletonSnob Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 It's uh, not looking good for Paxton. Texas Senate rejects all motions to dismiss Ken Paxton impeachment ch… WWW.TEXASTRIBUNE.ORG The pretrial motions required a majority vote. The most support a motion to dismiss received was 10 out of 30 senators. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 8 minutes ago, CastletonSnob said: It's uh, not looking good for Paxton. Texas Senate rejects all motions to dismiss Ken Paxton impeachment ch… WWW.TEXASTRIBUNE.ORG The pretrial motions required a majority vote. The most support a motion to dismiss received was 10 out of 30 senators. You absolutely cannot draw any conclusions from these pre-trial motions to dismiss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Quote A two-thirds vote is required for Paxton to be convicted, meaning 21 of 31 senators. The Senate includes 19 Republicans and 12 Democrats, and while Angela Paxton technically isn’t allowed to vote, she counts toward the total and so is effectively a “no” vote. While his wife won't be permitted to vote, she wasn't removed from the calculation of the overall "pool" of jurors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucoe Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 I'm so glad to see he finally is being impeached. And for so many reasons, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 So much for that. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton acquitted on all 16 articles of imp… WWW.TEXASTRIBUNE.ORG A conviction required 21 of 30 eligible senators. It’s a major win for the suspended attorney general, but he still faces a federal investigation and state charges. Quote The Texas Senate on Saturday acquitted Attorney General Ken Paxton of 16 articles of impeachment alleging corruption and bribery, his most artful escape in a career spent courting controversy and skirting consequences of scandal. No article received more than 14 of the required 21 votes to convict. Only two of 19 Republican Senators, Bob Nichols of Jacksonville and Kelly Hancock of North Richland Hills, voted in favor of convicting for any article — a stark contrast to the nearly 70% of House Republicans who impeached the attorney general in May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Republicans love doing crimes and you climb their ranks by being the crimeyist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Now if you could convince the rest of the GOP Paxton is clean as a whistle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted September 16, 2023 Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 Paxton still faces federal and state charges. Don't give up hope just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Quote The House impeachment managers, with glum expressions, watched helplessly as each of the articles they had meticulously prepared were rejected — one by a 28-2 margin. Quote Rep. Jeff Leach of Plano, who risked his standing in the Republican Party by delivering an impassioned speech urging conviction on Friday, sat with his hands clasped in front of his face. Paxton, who attended just two days of the trial and was not present to witness his exoneration, was characteristically defiant. “The sham impeachment coordinated by the Biden Administration with liberal House Speaker Dade Phelan and his kangaroo court has cost taxpayers millions of dollars, disrupted the work of the Office of Attorney General and left a dark and permanent stain on the Texas House,” Paxton said in a statement. “The weaponization of the impeachment process to settle political differences is not only wrong, it is immoral and corrupt Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, once his role as impartial judge was fulfilled, ripped into the House and its leadership for filing the case in the first place, which he said wasted millions of taxpayer dollars. He blasted the lower chamber for voting to impeach Paxton after only three days of consideration. I’m not surprised, but damn this is garbage. It’s just out in the open corrupt here. As long as one is part of the MAGA pos cult, they’re good to do whatever they please. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted September 16, 2023 Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 How worried are you that Trump will be acquitted too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, CastletonSnob said: How worried are you that Trump will be acquitted too? Why would I be worried about something that I am 100% certain will happen in at least one of the cases? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted September 16, 2023 Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Why would I be worried about something that I am 100% certain will happen in at least one of the cases? Am I naive if I think Trump will ever go to jail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Quote Paxton aquitted: Easy to understand. Dan Patrick took $3 million from Paxton supporters then aggressivly put his thumb on the scale. He protected Paxton & his mistress from testifying, pressured the jury for a quick verdict by threatning them with sequestering them in the Capitol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 1 minute ago, CastletonSnob said: Am I naive if I think Trump will ever go to jail? Very much so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Listen guys, it's time to move on from this GOP corruption nonsense and go back to focusing on the real corruption: Hunter Biden made money while his dad was an important person! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 23 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Patrick and Paxton are up there with Trump as some of the biggest pieces of garbage in this country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 I'm really curious to see what happens next within the Texas GOP. Dan Patrick, Dade Phelan trade potshots after impeachment trial ends WWW.TEXASTRIBUNE.ORG The lieutenant governor criticized the House for a secretive and rushed process that “wasted” taxpayer dollars. The House speaker fired back, saying Patrick confessed his bias and contempt. Quote Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick broke his personal silence Saturday on Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment after the Senate voted for acquittal, blasting the House’s impeachment process as deeply flawed. “The speaker and his team rammed through the first impeachment of a statewide official in Texas in over 100 years while paying no attention to the precedent that the House set in every other impeachment before,” Patrick said from the dais after the verdict was finalized. House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, fired back, saying Patrick ended the trial by “confessing his bias and placing his contempt for the people’s House on full display.” Patrick was the presiding officer of the trial — effectively the judge — and his feelings on the matter were the subject of much speculation. While he got praise for how he handled certain aspects, like the trial rules, he also drew scrutiny for accepting $3 million from a pro-Paxton group in late June. Patrick began his remarks by acknowledging he had been “unusually quiet” in recent months because he wanted to respect his role in the process. He followed by unloading on the House for foisting the impeachment upon the Senate on short notice at the end of the regular session. Patrick mocked House impeachment managers for impressing upon the senators how important their decision was and how they will be remembered for their vote. “If only the House members who voted for impeachment would’ve followed that instruction in the House, we may not have been here,” Patrick said. Quote Patrick also called for a state constitutional amendment reforming the impeachment process. He proposed that all House testimony should be given under oath and subject to cross examination, adding that an impeached official “should not be put on unpaid leave” while awaiting trial. Patrick also said “millions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted on this impeachment" and called for a “full audit” of the House’s spending on it. Phelan responded with a statement that was just as hostile, saying Patrick “attacked the House for standing up against corruption.” “His tirade disrespects the Constitutional impeachment process afforded to us by the founders of this great state,” Phelan said. “The inescapable conclusion is that today’s outcome appears to have been orchestrated from the start, cheating the people of Texas of justice.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted September 16, 2023 Author Share Posted September 16, 2023 Are rich white men above the law in America? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 2 hours ago, CastletonSnob said: Are rich white men above the law in America? Well, yes. Always have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 34 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Well, yes. Always have been. I didn't have the heart to tell him, so I'm glad you did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 3 hours ago, CastletonSnob said: Are rich white men above the law in America? Depends. Are their victims also rich white men? Then possibly no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 5 hours ago, CastletonSnob said: How worried are you that Trump will be acquitted too? We only have to be lucky once, he has to be lucky all the time, to borrow a phrase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 1 minute ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: We only have to be lucky once, he has to be lucky all the time, to borrow a phrase He only needs one person on the jury for him to be lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 1 minute ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: He only needs one person on the jury for him to be lucky. True but the Georgia case is staying in Fulton County and he's screwed on anything where DC is the jury pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 1 minute ago, Jason said: True but the Georgia case is staying in Fulton County and he's screwed on anything where DC is the jury pool. The Georgia case will probably stay in Fulton County, but that's not final yet. Yes, the DC case is the one that has the highest probability of conviction for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 14 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: He only needs one person on the jury for him to be lucky. Like I said, every time. 4 cases in 4 jurisdictions, 91 counts. And he needs them to be so drunk on his shit to make it through selection and still deny his process crimes not even the substance. That’s a very fine line to tread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 After seeing all of the crimes Paxton was charged with in the trial, how likely do you think it is that he, Abbott and Patrick cheated in last November's election? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 1 hour ago, CastletonSnob said: After seeing all of the crimes Paxton was charged with in the trial, how likely do you think it is that he, Abbott and Patrick cheated in last November's election? Define cheating. If you mean stuffing fake ballots into machines, nearly impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 3 hours ago, CastletonSnob said: After seeing all of the crimes Paxton was charged with in the trial, how likely do you think it is that he, Abbott and Patrick cheated in last November's election? Stop. Please. Just. Stop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 12 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Like I said, every time. 4 cases in 4 jurisdictions, 91 counts. And he needs them to be so drunk on his shit to make it through selection and still deny his process crimes not even the substance. That’s a very fine line to tread If there’s one thing I’ve learned about Trump supporters, it’s their ability to be SUBTLE. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 3 hours ago, CastletonSnob said: After seeing all of the crimes Paxton was charged with in the trial, how likely do you think it is that he, Abbott and Patrick cheated in last November's election? Define cheating? On their wives? Definitely. Especially in Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, MarSolo said: Define cheating? On their wives? Definitely. Especially in Texas. Election fraud. You know, like throwing out ballots and stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, CastletonSnob said: Election fraud. You know, like throwing out ballots and stuff like that. I think it’s time for you to… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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