Ken Paxton is pushing to have three Democratic senators banned from his impeachment trial. His attorneys say the Republican has a right to a fair and impartial jury, and that the senators who have demonstrated bias need to step aside. | via TexasStandard
The countdown clock is ticking on suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial in the Texas Senate.. Details about how the trial will actually work are still very much up in the air. One of the few rules publicly established is that Sen. Angela Paxton will be present but banned from voting on her husband’s case.
Paxton’s attorneys say the Republican has a right to a fair and impartial jury, and that those senators who have demonstrated bias like Menéndez need to step aside.”Information about the upcoming trial is coming out in fits and starts, in part because Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued a gag order for those participating in the trial.
“He claims the gag order violates the Texas Constitution because they claim it prohibits freedom of speech and the right of people to petition their government,” he said. “The lawsuit, by the way, also seeks to strike the Senate’s decision to prohibit Sen. Angela Paxton from voting or participating in the deliberations.”
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