CBS News Article RatingTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment trial: Senate begins deliberations
Sep 15, 2023 View Original Article
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| "Cary said in 2018, there were complaints in the office from security and travel details about their hours and non-state business, such as the alleged affair." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "On Feb. 21, Paxton put a line item in the budget for the $3.3 million to settle the lawsuit with taxpayer money." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Why would General Paxton jeopardize all this great work that we've been doing in the Office of the Attorney General, Mateer continued." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The trial featured dramatic testimony from former top Paxton aides." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Several aides in Paxton's office came forward in 2020, alleging that Paxton influenced employees to get involved in legal disputes that would benefit Paul and his business." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "Several aides in Paxton's office came forward in 2020, alleging that Paxton influenced employees to get involved in legal disputes that would benefit Paul and his business." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "In May, the Texas state House voted overwhelmingly to impeach Paxton on a 121-23 vote." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "House impeachment manager Jeff Leach, who represents Paxton's home base in Collin County, Texas, countered that Paxton had been a dear friend and political mentor, but the people of Texas deserve answers." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "House impeachment manager Jeff Leach, who represents Paxton's home base in Collin County, Texas, countered that Paxton had been a dear friend and political mentor, but the people of Texas deserve answers." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "House impeachment manager Jeff Leach, who represents Paxton's home base in Collin County, Texas, countered that Paxton had been a dear friend and political mentor, but the people of Texas deserve answers." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Former Deputy Attorney General for Legal Counsel Ryan Vassar, meanwhile, testified that Paxton pressured him and Bangert to provide legal opinions that would have prevented foreclosure on some of Paul's property amid the COVID-19 pandemic." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Cary testified that she spoke to him again about the alleged affair, but Paxton was frantically upset and said he still loved the woman with whom he was allegedly having an affair." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "That request led the state House to open an investigation into Paxton." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Paxton's former top lieutenant, Jeff Mateer, testified that part of his job was to protect the attorney general, but he failed." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "On Feb. 10, Paxton aounced the attorney general's office had settled the lawsuit for $3.3 million." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Former deputy first assistant Ryan Bangert testified that Paxton's insistence was bizarre, and he was acting like a man with a gun to his head.I believed, based on my experience over the previous nine months, that the attorney general had abandoned his obligation to work on behalf of the interests of the people of Texas to serve the interests of one person -- Nate Paul, Bangert said." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "And she recalled that during lunch one day, she ran into Paxton, who was with the woman with whom he allegedly had an affair and introduced her as his realtor." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "His lawyers questioned why the whistleblowers went to the FBI, rather than to Paxton, with their concerns.Witnesses said that amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as Texas promoted a policy of opening up, Paxton allegedly rewrote the state's policy to exclude foreclosure sales -- a policy that appeared to benefit Paul." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "His lawyers questioned why the whistleblowers went to the FBI, rather than to Paxton, with their concerns.Witnesses said that amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as Texas promoted a policy of opening up, Paxton allegedly rewrote the state's policy to exclude foreclosure sales -- a policy that appeared to benefit Paul." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "State Sen. Angela Paxton, the attorney general's wife, has been barred from voting or participating in deliberations, but she still counts toward the number of senators necessary to convict -- meaning the state still needs 21 votes." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "She also recounted that Angela Paxton used to call the office regularly to ask about her husband's schedule or his whereabouts, which led to complaints from the office staff members that they were uncomfortable." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "She testified that in the summer of 2018, she confronted Paxton, who confirmed the affair." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Just because someone had an affair doesn't mean that they're a 'criminal,' does it?Paxton was indicted in 2015 by a Collin County, Texas, grand jury on two first-degree felony charges of securities fraud and a third-degree felony charge of failure to register." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "All conservative Republicans, they testified that they were concerned about Paxton's relationship with Paul." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Mateer, the former top aide to Paxton, testified that the alleged affair is relevant to the allegations because it answered one of the questions I kept struggling with." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Paxton's defense sought to prove his impeachment was just an attempt to settle a score by political opponents in the state House and his own former aides." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "On Friday, defense attorney Tony Buzbee said we know why they mentioned Laura Olson, the woman with whom Paxton allegedly had an affair." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "The impeachment case is completely separate from those allegations, and Paxton still faces a trial on those charges." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Paxton's defense tried to separate the affair allegations from the articles of impeachment." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "In return, they said Paul provided extensive favors for Paxton, including providing home renovations and employing a woman with whom Paxton was allegedly having an affair." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "In return, they said Paul provided extensive favors for Paxton, including providing home renovations and employing a woman with whom Paxton was allegedly having an affair." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "The accusations stem from Paxton's involvement with Austin real estate developer Nate Paul, who has been indicted in a separate case." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "In his closing argument, his lawyer, Tony Buzbee, accused the Bush family -- in particular, George P. Bush, who primaried Paxton in 2022 -- of manufacturing the impeachment allegations." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "Paxton publicly called the whistleblowers rogue employees." | Negative | -38% Liberal |
| "Paul allegedly hired the woman with whom Paxton had an affair, and Paxton allegedly paid for an apartment in Austin for her.Paxton's former chief of staff, Katherine Missy Cary, testified in the trial's second week about the impact of Paxton's alleged affair on his office." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Paul allegedly hired the woman with whom Paxton had an affair, and Paxton allegedly paid for an apartment in Austin for her.Paxton's former chief of staff, Katherine Missy Cary, testified in the trial's second week about the impact of Paxton's alleged affair on his office." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Paul allegedly hired the woman with whom Paxton had an affair, and Paxton allegedly paid for an apartment in Austin for her.Paxton's former chief of staff, Katherine Missy Cary, testified in the trial's second week about the impact of Paxton's alleged affair on his office." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Paul allegedly hired the woman with whom Paxton had an affair, and Paxton allegedly paid for an apartment in Austin for her.Paxton's former chief of staff, Katherine Missy Cary, testified in the trial's second week about the impact of Paxton's alleged affair on his office." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "If Paxton is convicted, the Senate will likely also hold a separate vote to determine if Paxton should be barred from holding office." | Negative | -52% Liberal |
| "If Paxton is convicted, the Senate will likely also hold a separate vote to determine if Paxton should be barred from holding office." | Negative | -52% Liberal |
| "Paxton's defense sought to dismiss the impeachment vote as a political witch hunt and partisan fight within the GOP against Paxton, a close ally of former President Donald Trump." | Negative | -70% Liberal |
| "Paxton's defense sought to dismiss the impeachment vote as a political witch hunt and partisan fight within the GOP against Paxton, a close ally of former President Donald Trump." | Negative | -70% Liberal |
| "Paxton's defense sought to dismiss the impeachment vote as a political witch hunt and partisan fight within the GOP against Paxton, a close ally of former President Donald Trump." | Negative | -70% Liberal |
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37% : Cary said in 2018, there were complaints in the office from security and travel details about their hours and non-state business, such as the alleged affair.*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.