TX Observer: “Late last Thursday, the Texas Senate uploaded exhibits from the state House investigators for the upcoming impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton.
It was a document dump of epic proportions, comprising nearly 4,000 pages of records, ranging from blockbuster interview transcripts from marquee witnesses; emails from Paxton’s friend and Austin real estate mogul Nate Paul, his attorney, and the so-called special prosecutor personally appointed by Paxton, Brandon Cammack, working in close coordination to carry out an “official” governmental investigation on behalf of Paul; records from Uber documenting the attorney general’s various trips—using a pseudonymous account that was accessed by both Paxton and Paul—to travel to and from his alleged girlfriend’s Austin apartment, among other destinations.
Together, the trove of new evidence provides the clearest picture yet of the long and winding tale of alleged corruption that forms the basis of the House’s case to remove Paxton from office, including his allegedly corrupt friendship with and bumbling efforts to protect Paul, which led to four of his top deputies blowing the whistle to federal authorities, their subsequent filing of a state whistleblower civil lawsuit, an ongoing FBI investigation, and, most recently, the Texas House’ overwhelming vote to impeach Paxton in May partly on numerous articles stemming from this relationship, including abuse of office and bribery.”