AP News Article RatingRepublican Texas AG Ken Paxton is acquitted of 16 corruption charges at impeachment trial
Sep 16, 2023 View Original Article
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| "" | Negative | -100% Liberal |
| The House impeachment managers, by contrast, walked through specific documents and played clips of testimony by the deputies who reported Paxton to the FBI.nn | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| In the end, Paxton was fully cleared by Senate Republicans, who serve alongside his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton.nn | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| For nearly a decade, Paxton has elevated his national profile by rushing his office into polarizing courtroom battles across the U.S., winning acclaim from Donald Trump and the GOP's hard right.nnMaking one final appeal to convict Texas' top lawyer, impeachment managers used their closing arguments Friday to cast him as a crook who needed to go.nn | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| For nearly a decade, Paxton has elevated his national profile by rushing his office into polarizing courtroom battles across the U.S., winning acclaim from Donald Trump and the GOP's hard right.nnMaking one final appeal to convict Texas' top lawyer, impeachment managers used their closing arguments Friday to cast him as a crook who needed to go.nn | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| The suspense has pushed pushed Paxton, whose three terms in office have been marred by scandal and criminal charges, closer to a defining test of his political durability after an extraordinary impeachment that was driven by his fellow Republicans and has widened party fractures in America's biggest red state. | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| Eight of Paxton's former deputies reported him to the FBI in 2020, setting off a federal investigation that will continue regardless of the verdict. | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| If convicted, Paxton would become Texas' first statewide official convicted on impeachment charges in more than 100 years. | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| One said the grand jury heard from Drew Wicker, Paxton's former personal aide. | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| Among those who staked out an early seat for the impeachment vote were three of Paxton's former deputies who reported him to the FBI in 2020 and were key witnesses during the trial for House impeachment managers.nn | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| Sitting across the room was his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, who was required to be present for the whole trial but was barred from participating in deliberations or voting on her husband's political fate.nn | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| Federal prosecutors investigating Paxton took testimony in August before a grand jury in San Antonio , according to two people with knowledge of the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because of secrecy rules around the proceeding.nn | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| Another article alleges the developer also bribed Paxton by paying for his home renovations.nn | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| The early votes went Paxton's way, with the GOP-controlled Senate acquitting him on the first 14 of 16 total articles of impeachment. | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| Many of the votes fell mostly along party lines, with only two Republican senators voting to convict Paxton on some of the charges.nn | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| Paxton was not in the Senate chamber for what was the conclusion of Texas' first impeachment trial in nearly a half-century. | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "If we don't keep public officials from abusing the powers of their office, then frankly no one can," Republican state Rep. Andrew Murr, who helped lead the impeachment in the Texas House, said in his closing arguments.nn | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| At the impeachment trial, Wicker testified that he once heard a contractor tell Paxton he would need to check with "Nate" about the cost of renovations to the attorney general's Austin home.nn | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| It clears the way for Paxton to reclaim his role as Texas' top lawyer, more than three months after his stunning impeachment in the Texas House forced him to temporarily step aside.nn | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| The outcome far from ends Paxton's troubles. | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| Republicans hold a 19-12 majority in the Senate, meaning that if all Democrats vote to convict Paxton, they would need nine Republicans to join them.nn | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| Paxton also did not attend the majority of the two-week trial.nn | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "nnPaxton returned for closing arguments after not attending most of the two-week trial. | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| One of the impeachment articles centers on an alleged extramarital affair Paxton had with Laura Olson, who worked for Paul. | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| Angela Paxton was not allowed to vote. | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| The trial has plunged Texas Republicans into unfamiliar waters as they confront whether Paxton should be removed over allegations that he abused his office to protect a political donor who was under FBI investigation.nn | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| He singled out George P. Bush, the nephew of former President George W. Bush who challenged Paxton in the 2022 Republican primary, punctuating a blistering closing argument that questioned the integrity of FBI agents and railed against Texas' most famous political dynasty.nn | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| Paxton faces an array of legal troubles beyond the impeachment. | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted Saturday of all charges at a historic impeachment trial that divided Republicans over whether to remove a powerful defender of former President Donald Trump after years of scandal and criminal charges.nn | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| The case centers on accusations that Paxton misused his office to help one of his donors, Austin real estate developer Nate Paul, who was indicted in June on charges of making false statements to banks. | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| A two-thirds majority is required to convict Paxton on any of the charges that accuse Paxton of bribery, corruption and unfitness for office.nn | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| A two-thirds majority is required to convict Paxton on any of the charges that accuse Paxton of bribery, corruption and unfitness for office.nn | Negative | -48% Liberal |
| There was no visible reaction from the former deputies -- David Maxwell, Ryan Vassar and Blake Brickman -- after Paxton was acquitted on Article 6, termination of whistleblowers.nn | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| There was no visible reaction from the former deputies -- David Maxwell, Ryan Vassar and Blake Brickman -- after Paxton was acquitted on Article 6, termination of whistleblowers.nn | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| In an angry and defiant rebuttal, Paxton lawyer Tony Buzbee unleashed attacks on a wide-ranging cast of figures both inside and outside the Texas Capitol, mocking a Texas Ranger who warned Paxton he was risking indictment and another accuser who cried on the witness stand.nn | Negative | -60% Liberal |
| In an angry and defiant rebuttal, Paxton lawyer Tony Buzbee unleashed attacks on a wide-ranging cast of figures both inside and outside the Texas Capitol, mocking a Texas Ranger who warned Paxton he was risking indictment and another accuser who cried on the witness stand.nn | Negative | -60% Liberal |
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