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"We've got to pay attention now, or we lose Texas." – @TXAG @KenPaxtonTX

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— Michael Quinn Sullivan 🇺🇸 (@MQSullivan) August 17, 2023

You deserve to lose Texas.

#BREAKING House investigators say Ken Paxton wired money to Nate Paul, shared a fake Uber account with Paul that Paxton used to secretly visit a woman he was having an affair with and made numerous other attempts to conceal his alleged misconduct.https://t.co/9kQXGkZqiy

— Robert Downen (@RobertDownen_) August 16, 2023

In new allegations revealed Wednesday, Texas House investigators accused suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton of engaging in a complex cover-up to hide his relationship with real estate investor Nate Paul as senior aides grew increasingly concerned about Paxton’s willingness to use his office to benefit Paul. 

The subterfuge allegedly included Paxton and Paul creating an Uber account under an alias so they could meet each other and so the attorney general could visit the woman with whom he was having an extramarital affair. 

And once Paxton learned several high-ranking officials in his office reported his behavior to the FBI, the House impeachment managers alleged, he took immediate steps to cover up his relationship with Paul, including wiring a $122,000 payment to a Paul-affiliated company in an effort to hide home renovations that Paul had provided for free. 

The allegations, outlined in a series of filings with the Texas Senate’s court of impeachment, shed new light on the relationship between Paul and Paxton that is at the core of his impeachment proceedings.

(I still expect the FBI to arrest Paxton after the impeachment. This just reinforces that expectation.)

You really, really deserve to lose Texas:

A new company appears to be recruiting social media influencers to parrot claims supporting Ken Paxton and to promote a series of videos alleging that the Texas Legislature is secretly controlled by Democrats intent on destroying Paxton. https://t.co/0VXKC4GgZQ

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) August 16, 2023

I’m not sure Dan Patrick or most of the Texas Senate really gives a wet snap for “social media influencers.” I’m just thinking most of their GOP support comes from old people in the cities and the rural areas. Not people really influenced by influencers.  OCICBW.

And the Lege is secretly controlled by Democrats? Then why can’t they get any legislation passed?

If Paxton is charged by the FBI, but survives impeachment, conviction will end his law license. And a non-lawyer can’t represent the State in court, which is the job description in the state Constitution.

There’s no way this situation ends the way Paxton’s supporters want it to. Even if he’s not removed by the Senate, the electorate is not likely to ignore all the evidence presented. Texans really don’t like corruption. Ask Tom DeLay, who resigned just because there were photos of him in a hot tub, drinking.

Stick a fork in ‘im, Paxton’s done.