Republican Texas AG Ken Paxton is acquitted of corruption charges at historic impeachment trial
Republican Texas AG Ken Paxton is acquitted of corruption charges at historic impeachment trial
Everyone in Texas that I know is furious about this (except for my dad, who stuck his head in the sand at about the same time my parents ended their physical subscription to the Dallas Morning News; he insists that both parties bad, though I can't imagine he actually still believes that, I think he's just coping). However we're too locked into the republican party at this point to really be able to do anything. Thanks to federal judges for ruling that gerrymandering is legal when it only affects party voters, our districts are fucked.
The Republicans have realized that our laws, our constitution and it's amendments, and our treaties, are all just pieces of paper. They archive historical agreements which we've decided to abide by, but they have no power themselves. As such, they stop being a problem if you just ignore them.
Sadly nature gets to vote on the future of Texas, and while I’m sure Jerrell can be enshrined as the F5 limit in Texas law, how does San Antonio sound as a counter offer.
Fucking disgusting
What a fucking surprise.
The surprise was that it was his own party that started impeachment proceedings.
They backed off once they realized that it had national attention.
Corruption is a core trait of a conservative politician. Condemning him for corruption would have been the same as condemning him for being a conservative.
Sounds vile. It was surprising they even brought charges against him. Maybe how he individually threatened lawmakers about their reelection (or who knows what else) helped him. Or perhaps whatever persuaded the woman who had the affair to not testify (could it be witness intimidation perhaps?).
Republicans brought charges just to acquit, because he can’t face trial again due to double jeopardy.
He can face a criminal trial if he's charged. But he probably won't be, since he's the attorney general.
It's not a criminal trial, double jeopardy does not apply.
Impeachment doesn't trigger double jeopardy, all it can do is kick you out of office or not
I wonder how many cocks Paxton sucked to get the acquittal.
Getting a feeling this impeachment trial was a signal to other GOP incumbents — do not fuck with our O&G masters.
historic to no one but the clown circus that is the texas legislature. seriously people look it up, the rules are bonkers. im surprised entire state functions as 'well' as it does.
Whatever. Texas gonna Texas.
GOP the party of criminals.
They are who we thought they were.
Fucking absurd.
Historic in that it will be a mile post in the decline of Texas in history books outside the Dumb South.
Well, well, well.
Game knows game. So why am I NOT surprised
The party of law and order. What a surprise.
Law and order for thee not me. -GOP