The Bush Era

“Let it be known. Let it be clear. The Bush era in Texas ends today,” Attorney Tony Buzbee declared in his closing argument in the Ken Paxton impeachment trial on September 15. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives in Texas colluded with disloyal staff in Republican Ken Paxton’s Attorney General office to stage a coup.

Paxton’s deputy attorney general falsely accused Paxton of corruption and took over his office. He then worked with seven false witnesses to bring about an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which justified a hasty impeachment vote by a complicit House of Representatives. The unsubstantiated charges quickly fell apart during the trial.

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