WHOOPS: Bribery Charges Against Paxton Fall Apart, No Quid Pro Quo
Acquittal imminent.
The final days of the Paxton trial have seen the prosecution’s case fall apart. Leftists and centrists alike were seen coping in real time on social media when the certain outcome had become too obvious to deny.
“A campaign donation as a basis for bribery is complete hogwash.” —Paxton Defense Attorney, Tony Buzbee
Ken Paxton was forced to prove he was innocent on charges of being “corrupt” and taking “bribes” in the form of campaign donations.
The story told since May, by the House quarterbacking the impeachment, centered around how Ken Paxton had started becoming negligently corrupt because he was wrapped up in a kitchen remodel scandal. This was always, as the kids say, sus.
Nevertheless, the $25k campaign donation from real estate bro, Nate Paul, and a kitchen remodel priced at slightly over $100k, that Paul allegedly helped with, were the “smoking guns” connecting the organized kitchen crime to Paxton. As the impeachment started, the six figure numbers had become the focus of the impeachment.
Towards the end of the trial, Buzbee appeared to prove that Paxton’s kitchen had not in fact been remodeled at all. The defense displayed two photos of the kitchen, taken years apart, along with the metadata and their time stamps contained within to show no remodel had been done as recently as last month. The prosecution was totally unprepared for this, and they objected and moved to have the evidence excluded. The defense said the evidence was the photo (in the form of a computer file, I assume) which had already been accepted into evidence. The objection was overruled, and the time stamps on the photos were allowed to be shown to the jury.
Soon after this, the prosecution team was so disheveled that they prematurely rested their case before the defense could even cross examine the last witness. This is stunning in the same way a lawyer pissing their pants during closing arguments would leave you speechless.
Buzbee’s closing arguments were good.
He said the whole reason the impeachment happened is because Dade Phelan wanted it, because Paxton had hurt Phelan’s feelings.
Lol
All eyes are on Senator Drew Springer.
Springer, who had Democrat precinct chairs campaigning for him in the Republican primary, is very weak and politically vulnerable.
If he votes to acquit, he loses the Democrat support he needs. If he votes to impeach, he will open himself up to a challenge from the right.
I guess we’ll see.
What a trial! If I ever have a need for a lawyer that fellow, Buzbee, would be at the top of my list. It is a true pleasure to watch someone who knows their job and how to do it to utmost perfection.
This trial was more than what you are laying out for your readers. I lived in Collin County for years, and am very familiar with several of the senators, representatives both in Collin County and through our the state. I attended both churches prior to the Paxtons involvement in both. People, even Christians talk. And if you hear the same things from enough people that have no association with each other, you naturally come to conclusions.
I traded emails with him just as he was entering the political arena on how corrupt our judicial system was, especially with the family court s. He told me that he didn't really have any knowledge of that, even though I had a close associate at work who told me he had handled her divorce. When I asked him about it, he wanted to know who it was. Obviously, for confidentiality reasons, I wasn't going to tell him.
Let's just say, I knew her character and could attest to it.
I just think he has lost his way. And cannot make good, moral decisions anymore. Of course, the only thing he can use in defense is that the will of the voters is being violated. It would have been better, if he testified on his own behalf, coming clean with everyone.
But his voters are clearly challenged by what constitutes moral and ethical behavior.
Having said all this, if you compare Trump to what's happening to Ken Paxton, the difference is clear. Trump at least makes statements that prove to vindicate him. It is very clear that Georgia is as dirty as they come. Any one that has seen "2000 Mules", knows that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. I voted for Trump once, and I'll vote for him again. Our country has never been in better shape. It takes more than interest in border violations, fentanyl, gun freedom and freedom from abusive taxes to representative the will of all the people of Texas, not just special interests.