TX AG Refuses To Testify At “Illegal” Impeachment Trial

The Texas Tribune reports:

The lead attorney for suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton said his client will not testify in his upcoming impeachment trial in the Texas Senate.

Paxton’s defense lawyer, Tony Buzbee, made the announcement in a late Monday night statement on the eve of the July Fourth holiday. The Senate could still try to force Paxton to testify, but the statement makes clear Paxton would fight such efforts.

“We will not bow to their evil, illegal, and unprecedented weaponization of state power in the Senate chamber,” Buzbee said of the House. A spokesperson for the chamber did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the defense team’s statement.

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The Texas Senate could compel the suspended attorney general to testify but his defense team says they will fight those efforts. https://t.co/nWqQUm5zN2

— KSAT 12 (@ksatnews) July 4, 2023

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