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Let's talk about Ken Paxton's impeachment trial date....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

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🗓️ 24 June 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Let's talk about Ken Paxton's impeachment trial date....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there internet people, let's bow again. So today we are going to talk about Texas and the

0:07.3

attorney general out there, the proceedings, and how things are moving forward. If you are unaware of this situation, the

0:17.3

Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton was impeached. He was impeached by a Republican controlled house and it's moving

0:29.6

forward to the Senate. The allegations are pretty serious.

0:34.0

Paxton, for his part, has denied any and all wrongdoing.

0:39.5

But it was Republicans who impeached a Republican attorney general.

0:45.6

So that's what's going on.

0:47.6

At this point, their allegations.

0:50.1

It moves to the Senate for trial.

0:54.0

If he is convicted at this trial, the odds are he will be removed.

1:00.0

They have set the date for the trial. It is September 5th.

1:05.0

One of the other outstanding issues that needed to be resolved was what State Senator Angela Paxton was going to do while this was happening.

1:17.0

His wife, the attorney general's wife, is a state senator.

1:22.0

It appeared... Attorney General's wife is a state senator.

1:23.6

It appeared earlier this week that she intended on voting

1:29.8

in her husband's impeachment trial. The rules apparently bar her, so she will not be voting.

1:39.9

Okay. So the question that is really kind of on everybody's mind, does he stand any chance of being removed?

1:50.3

You know, we know that the House, the Republican controlled House, impeached him, but then you have the trial.

1:57.0

Now, you do have to entertain the idea that at the trial, all of the allegations are proven to be untrue.

2:05.0

But what people typically look at in a situation like this is the political makeup.

2:15.0

And the makeup of the Senate under normal circumstances is 19 Republicans and 12 members of the Democratic Party.

2:25.0

Now, the Democrats, they're probably not going to stand in the way

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