It wasn’t the best day for the prosecution. The Texas Tribune has a great recap.
We were introduced to House lawyer Erin Epley yesterday. She was awesome. Fast, flowing and she took no shit from Oompa Loompa Tony Buzbee. The House should just let her close out the prosecution’s case because Rusty Hardin continues to be just plain awful.
The day focused on Paxton’s personal assistant, Drew Wicker, who was “like a son” to Paxton’s wife. He threw his dad under the bus but didn’t seem to enjoy it. He struggled to provide evidence that Nate Paul paid for Paxton’s home remodeling. Personally I thought this article of impeachment was going to be hard to prove, giving the Senators an out for voting to let him off by focusing on just one of the 20 articles of impeachment. That’s how they will justify their vote to the media and constituents. Focus only on one article of impeachment.
We also heard from his scheduler. He was clearly pissed. He filed suit against Paxton after being fired and refused to participate in a settlement. He didn’t want money. He wanted a public apology from Paxton and an acknowledgment that those who went to the FBI were not “rogue” attorneys. This was yet another strong, right wing, republican witness against Paxton.
Paxton’s mistress was waiting in the capitol to testify but was released after she said she would be taking the fifth. Rusty Hardin announced that the House had rest its case. He later realized he made a mistake.
Senators will probably start deliberations late Friday. They only need to rule in favor of 1 out of 20 articles to remove Paxton from office.
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