Angela Paxton wouldn't recuse from voting on her husband's impeachment, so they made a new rule.
The Texas state Senate voted Wednesday night to adopt a new rule that would bar the spouses of those facing impeachment from participating in the trial. According to the resolution, the spouse will be considered “present and eligible” on the day of the trial for the purposes of the Senate calculation of the number of votes.
“A member of the court who is the spouse of a party to the court of impeachment is considered to have a conflict pursuant to Article III, Section 22, of the Texas Constitution,” the resolution reads.
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The state senator had said Monday that she planned to hold up her senatorial duties and participate in her husband’s impeachment trial.
The Hill
Sorry, Angie.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) was impeached by the Republican-led Texas House in a 121-23 vote last month and was immediately suspended from his official duties. The state attorney general, who decried the impeachment vote as a “politically motivated sham,” was impeached for more than 20 charges including bribery, obstruction of justice, false statements, dereliction of duty, unfitness for office and abuse of public trust.
Hoax, Ken. We're calling these things hoaxes these days. Or, in the alternative, witch hunt.
