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🗓️ 4 September 2023
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0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. |
0:05.7 | Texas' suspended attorney general Ken Paxton will face an impeachment trial in the state |
0:11.4 | Senate that starts tomorrow. |
0:13.6 | As the Texas newsrooms, Sarah Hill Martinez-Baltron reports Ken Paxton faces 20 impeachment |
0:18.8 | charges. |
0:19.8 | Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has been accused of constitutional bribery, obstruction |
0:24.1 | of justice and conspiracy. |
0:26.2 | According to Texas House impeachment managers, Paxton tried to use his office to shield |
0:30.8 | a political donor from an FBI investigation. |
0:34.1 | He did it, despite his top staff telling him not to do so. |
0:38.0 | Paxton has denied any wrongdoing. |
0:40.5 | Now Texas senators will hold a trial. |
0:43.0 | The witness list is over 100 names long and the trial is expected to last weeks. |
0:47.9 | If convicted, Paxton will be removed from office. |
0:51.1 | I'm Sarah Hill Martinez-Baltron in Austin. |
0:53.9 | President Joe Biden was in Philadelphia today, marking the Labor Day holiday, by telling |
0:58.5 | a crowd gathered for a Labor Day parade that he is celebrating Union jobs. |
1:04.2 | President appeared at the Tri-State Labor Day Parade. |
1:06.6 | His appearances come during what has been a particularly active summer for organized labor |
1:11.2 | in the U.S. |
1:12.4 | Biden told reporters he did not think nearly 146,000 UAW members will go on strike against |
1:18.0 | the major automakers. |
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