On my way for some labwork NPR is reporting Paxton used burner fones & encrypted text

[onetexan]

Messaging to communicate with his crooked crony Nate Paul. The local NPR station is actually airing the TX AG Senate conviction hearings live. Breathtaking the crimes he's been accused of by his own staff.

Updated w a link to a local ABC station:
https://www.wfaa.com/paxton

[senseandsensibility]

1. CNN is portraying it as a very political trial

and almost completely sidestepping the issues involved. Although his wife was mentioned a few times, there was no mention of his mistress. Even for them, very lame.

[onetexan]

4. His wife is a crook herself. The Paxtons are cut from the same cloth

Using their offices to line their pockets.

[grumpyduck]

2. But his phones... his phones...

[IcyPeas]

3. It's live on C-Span too.

[AverageOldGuy]

5. "burner phones and encrypted texts"

Same as mobsters, drug dealers . . .

[Rebl2]

10. Yep

[Ford_Prefect]

13. "Only the Best People..."

[modrepub]

6. I Guess I'm Waiting

for anyone to simply explain to me what Paxton finally did that caused TX to try and get rid of him after the voters failed several times. Figured it must have been pretty bad if the general population couldn't see fit to relieve him of his duties.

[calimary]

7. Hey, whatever works.

[onetexan]

8. read here, too much & too long to explain

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09/05/texas-ken-paxton-impeachment-trial/

[Duppers]

14. And there's a YouTube

Quite lengthy
(not watched) here:

https://www.youtube.com/live/4XxOAeBG1xM

[leftieNanner]

9. Three million dollars

He was sued by fired staff and lost. Asked the legislature to pay for it. Apparently that was a bridge too far.

More to it than that, but it was a factor.

[Martin68]

11. I hope they screw this T$xas scumbag to the wall.

[PortTack]

12. Paxton probably racked in a bunch of money on some crooked deal and didn't share with abbot

Seriously…they write laws that are unconstitutional illegal immoral and no one is taken to task..why now unless it’s about money.

[onetexan]

15. I'm sure it had to do w money. Paxton went a bridge too far

& now they need to hide their shame or be accused they did nothing about corruption. That or there's another ax to grind.

[PortTack]

16. It would be interesting to know if there's some other reason. It's definitely more than what's

Being released to the public. If it is something other money….it’s really bad cause nothing stops them….nothing!