Part of our coverage of the impeachment of Ken Paxton.
The second week of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial in the Texas Senate could possibly be the last week. At the close of hearings Friday, Lieutenant Governor-turned-high judge Dan Patrick noted that both the House managers and Paxton’s defense each had about 15 hours remaining to present their evidence, meaning the historic trial is “likely past the halfway mark.”
The first four days of the trial featured plenty of pomp and circumstance, with each senator-jurist solemnly sworn in on a Bible that supposedly once belonged to Sam Houston, along with a good deal of showmanship by the good ol‘ boy lawyers from Houston who are running both sides.
