ken paxton and angela paxton paid for their house renovations. and i'm going to show that absolutely 100%. they know it but yet they still stood up here and repeated that lie. let's talk a little bit about some background. 2015, ken paxton ran against the anointed candidate for attorney general, branch. he represented the political elites. he was the established candidate. ken paxton beat him soundly. almost immediately after that win, ken paxton was on the receiving end of a clearly political indictment at the hands of rivals within his own party. that saga continues to this day with a pair of unelected special prosecutors nudging it forward year after year with the expectation and hope that someday they will get paid. nevertheless, despite being indicted and despite a very public lawsuit that makes the exact same allegations that are being made here, ken paxton easily won his last primary. as he has in every election. in fact, ken paxton stumped the establishment candidate who this last time happened to be a bush. and it wasn't even close. ken

ken paxton and angela paxton paid for their house renovations. and i'm going to show that absolutely 100%. they know it but yet they still stood up here and repeated that lie. let's talk a little bit about some background. 2015, ken paxton ran against the anointed candidate for attorney general, branch. he represented the political elites. he was the established candidate. ken paxton beat him soundly. almost immediately after that win, ken paxton was on the receiving end of a clearly political indictment at the hands of rivals within his own party. that saga continues to this day with a pair of unelected special prosecutors nudging it forward year after year with the expectation and hope that someday they will get paid. nevertheless, despite being indicted and despite a very public lawsuit that makes the exact same allegations that are being made here, ken paxton easily won his last primary. as he has in every election. in fact, ken paxton stumped the establishment candidate who this last time happened to be a bush. and it wasn't even close. ken

i have been representing ken paxton for eight years. do you think they could have called me and said, we have a problem with paxton, what about this kitchen cabinet? i was literally -- i said i wasn't going to scream, i was literally having lunch with mr. donnelly when this was going on. do you think before we rode that check he could have said, let's talk. they did not do that. i am not the world's greatest lawyer. but i am pretty easy to find. the fact today would not literally pick up the phone and call me? that is a clue that they were more invested in the conclusion that they wanted then they were invested in the investigation. 1.5 minutes, i would make a joke about my personal life but i won't. i see the picture of brandon cammock. one of the things that is harder than it looks when you are a criminal defense lawyer, i need the picture. there we go. thank you eric for everything. one of the things that is harder than it looks is trying to explained to a jury what reasonable doubt looks like. that is what reasonable doubt looks like

trump is indebted to some degree to ken paxton. ken paxton filed lawsuits in four battleground states trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election on behalf of trump. an action that now has ken paxton facing discipline with the texas state bar. these guys are allies. i think for that reason it is going to be really hard for these senators to review this evidence objectively rather than just say we are going to face some strong political headwinds if we move this guy out of office. a lot of money will be backed if we do this. host: you said earlier that senator angela paxton, the attorney general's wife, will not be testifying. those testifying, what are some names to watch? guest: the big one is nate paul, the austin developer and a one-time ken paxton campaign donor who is tied into this. the allegations are paul had many legal actions against him, criminal and civil. he is right now indicted on mortgage fraud. the allegations are that ken paxton basically turned over the attorney general office to assist and provide legal

the allegations i just heard are untrue, therefore ken paxton pleads not guilty. >> article three. disregard of official duty and abuse of the open record process. while holding office as attorney general kenneth paxton is used his official power to the public administration law specifically paxton directed employees of his office to act contrary to law by refusing to render a proper decision relating to a public information request from records held by the department of public safety and by issuing a decision involving another public information request that was contrary to law and applicable legal precedent. >> attorney general paxton, how deeply? -- how to you plea? >> everything she said was false, so attorney general ken paxton pleads not guilty. >> article 4, misuse of official information. the holding office as attorney general kenneth paxton misused his official power to administer the public information law chapter 552 government code. paxton improperly obtained access to information held by his office that had not been publicly disclosed for the purpose of providing the in

you mentioned, ken paxton is far from out of the woods.re are those three state security felony fraud charges he's facing that is happening in houston and a judge in hararis county-- in harris county says she wants to get this case moving forward. it goes back eight years. we know through our own reporting there is an ongoing federal investigation, into ken paxton concerning these same allegations, essentially the same allegations, and then last but not least, ken paxton is the subject of two ongoing complaints by the state bar on whether or not he violated the terms of his license, his law license in the state. >> the austin american statesman, thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> in the days other news, what was hurricane lee is now a post-tropical cyclone that made landfall on nova scotia westerns coastline. the storm graze kneeling, lashing it with heavy rains and strong winds and high surf and large swells and choppy seas. hundreds of thousands are without power in the united states and canada, is falling trees and tree li

so you know, a resounding vote here for ken paxton this afternoon.as been acquitted, and he will be returning to his job as attorney general. >> when you mentioned that there were two republicans that did vote to impeach paxton, were there ever more than that who perhaps changed their minds and decided to acquit? >> reporter: well, so if you remember before the vote took place and before the impeachment trial even started, all of these senators could have voted with a simple majority to dismiss all of the impeachment -- articles of impeachment before the trial even started. that vote was 26 -- 24-6. there were six republicans that most people thought were in lockstep with ken paxton. but clearly ken paxton got many more republicans to switch back over to his side essentially with him getting as many republican votes asly did. so that was -- as he did. so that was a rather -- i wouldn't say shocking, i think people expected ken paxton to be able to survive this. but it was-- that switched this afternoon. >> a significant number indeed that ultimately

there needed to be 21 votes to remove ken paxton from office.nt to remember that in the last few days, the amount of political pressure has really ramped up intensely here in the state as extreme right wing groups that have been very supportive of ken paxton have been pushing followers and supporters to get these senators to understand how much they appreciate ken paxton despite the amount of baggage and controversy this attorney general has brought. right now, it appears if the votes continue this way that ken paxton will be acquitted and he will be allowed to return to assume his duties as the attorney general here in this state. >> ed, you're right, with such a somber, serious procedure, but then you've got this rather celebratory kind of ominous music in the background. keep us posted on that as the votes continue. >>> coming up next, congresswoman lauren boebert apologizing after getting booted from a beetlejuice musical in denver. new video shows her acting inappropriately during the family friendly play. what she's saying now, next. qb. a

clearly, there was no justice indexes today. -- donald trump, ken paxton ally, wasted no time in congratulating paxton. trump posted on social media the texas house speaker republican should resign for pushing this disgraceful sham. paxton is back to worth. -- he reports the verdict reached saturday after a two-week trial in the senate chamber, clears the way for paxton, a three term republican, to return to a position he has used to advance and conservative agenda that has brought national claim from the far-right. >> joining us now to discuss, priscilla thompson, to bucky, investigative reporter for the austin american statesman, and won by a professor of history at nyu. he is the author of strong men, from mussolini to -- give us a rundown of how the vote went today and how a.g. paxton and his allies responding to this acquittal. >> yeah, alicia, we are seeing a lot of responses tonight, but i'll start with what happened. the gop-controlled senate handed down that verdict after hours of deliberation, as you mentioned. the votes largely fell along party lines with the exception of those two r

voting to acquit attorney general ken paxton and the pitchman trial. s once again the story of gop leaders prioritizing loyalty to the party above all else. impeachment articles accused paxton of misconduct, bribery, and corruption. just two gop senators broke with their party to vote for conviction. texas senator -- called out his republican colleagues lack of courage today on msnbc. >> what happened here wasn't a toss-up, this was an easy bank shot. every one of these republicans saw this evidence, they should have all voted for conviction. but the mid-political choice rather than the expedient choice, rather than the hard petitions. sometimes you have proof the consequences when it's about integrity, when it's about justice. clearly there was no justice in texas today. >> this isn't just about texas. donald trump, a campaign ally. he wasted no time encouragement paxton. trump posted on social media, the texas house speaker, a republican, should wasn't for, quote, pushing this disgraceful sham. as for paxton, it is back to work. the austin american-st

marks the start of the impeachment trial for texas attorney general and staunch donald trump ally ken paxtonpaxton pleaded not guilty to a total of 20 impeachment articles, including accusations of corruption and abuse of public trust. the reason a trial is happening is because his fellow republicans voted for the impeachment. here is my colleague, laura jarrett, with all the questions. >> tonight, battled attorney general ken paxton -- >> the evidence that you're going to hear is shocking. >> with viral billing statements running on day one. >> hasn't hqappened in our state in a hundred years. the conservative fire ban suspended after the republican controlled state house voted to impeach him back in may. the state senate now deciding whether he should be permanently removed from office. paxton has been accused of misusing his powers to help a local real estate developer in exchange for home renovations. that same developer was helping paxton cover-up a secret affair. the attorney general pleading not guilty today to 16 articles of impeachment. >> for god's sakes, what are we doing here? >>

essentially what ken paxton needs, he needs ten republican senators to vote to acquit him for him to remain in office. there are 31 senators, only 30 of them are voting because the 31st is angela paxton, ken paxton's wife, and by the rules of the impeachment process, she is not allowed to vote. everyone is parsing the numbers. you need nine republicans to join 12 democrats to reach 21, the number that it would take to remove ken paxton from office. that is why ken paxton needs ten votes to survive this impeachment vote. there will be 16 different votes. if he is convicted on any article of impeachment, there would be a vote at the end to determine whether or not ken paxton can be barred from holding future office. there is a scenario here where ken paxton could be removed from office, but not barred from holding office in the future. theoretically, perhaps you could see him run again. getting a little bit too far ahead of myself there, but let's see how these votes on the first 16 articles of impeachment go. >> sure. you're laying out what the process is all about. ed, you mentioned t

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suspended attorney general ken paxton pleaded not guilty to 16 charges, including bribery, obstructionspiracy, and abuse of the public's trust. the house impeachment managers and paxton's attorneys ea began to make their case. >> mr. paxton has been entrusted with great power. unfortunately, rather than rise to the occasion, he has revealed his true character. and as the overwhelming evidence will show, he is not fit to be the attorney general for the state of texas. >> we are living on the wet end of democracy right now. is it up to the voters or is it up to politicians to see who stays in office? your decision is much bigger than ken paxton. your decision is literally about democracy in this state. amna: for more on the trial, i'm joined by tony plohetski. he is a reporter for "the austin american-statesman." he has been following today's proceedings. welcome back. always good to see you. let's begin with what exactly mr. paxton is being accused of. what are the charges related to? tony: so, this all dates back to 2020, and during the pandemic, a number of ken paxton's top aides -- w

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it was a resounding victory for ken paxton.e voting on the 16 articles of impeachment, only two of them voted to convict ken paxton. he was acquitted on all 16 of the 20 articles of impeachment brought in the trial. the other four charges were dismissed. paxton says he is ready to get back to work. >> this is a trial that should have never happened. period, full stop. the right result happened. but it shouldn't have gotten this far. >> we are proud of the case we put on. we should not have had to prove our innocence, but that's what we did. we believe that the court reached the right verdict. we are very proud of the work we did. >> reporter: this impeachment vote erupted what can only be described as a civil war among texas republicans. the republican lieutenant governor, dan patrick, who oversees the senate, after the trial spent several minutes for voting on these articles and bringing these charges to the senate side. on the house side, the speaker of the house, shot back at dan patrick saying it was clear, based on the spe

>> ken paxton is a corrupt thug.ted and 2015 for securities fraud. he has been fighting this for eight years. he was re-elected. this man was indicted and was reelected on republicans in texas twice. now you talk about this here and this thing is even more agree just and the reason republicans are so angry is he came to them to pay off a 3 million dollar whistleblower deal. they wouldn't tell them why he wanted it to paid off and then the details about him and in the fair. his wife is a state senator voting on this. this man has been shameful and despicable. republicans have stood by him. finally they, said oh enough is enough. you asked for the $3 million. we've got to sit here and impeach you. i don't give them credit for this if they go through with it. they have tolerated his thickest behavior for all of these years. >> let's be clear. it's not actually about his behavior. it's the idea there was a settlement and ken paxton is so brazen that he asked the public first, and he asked the settlement be paid for by th

i expect it will be getting a statement from ken paxton any moment now. we know that the folks that lead the house managers that lid this, those attorneys, are expected to speak in just a short while. certainly, got to the big disappointment for them, this was a historic impeachment. we have not seen anything like this in more than a century. here, clearly, the members of the house believed that there was reason to convict. it is why they sent it over to the senate. but after listening to all of that evidence, there were not 21 senators in that room that wanted to vote to convict him. of course, there is also the underlying political issues here. those two republicans i mentioned, who did vote in favor of some of these articles of impeachment are not up for reelection until 2026. but ken paxton super pac has made very clear, any republicans who did not stand with him through this would be in their target. as the upcoming elections come. up that is the state of affairs here in texas, and we are continuing to work for any additional reaction. yasmin? >> a c

your decision is much bigger than ken paxton. sion is literally about democracy in this state. >> for more, i'm joined by a reporter for the "austin american statesman." welcome back. always good to see you. let's begin with what exactly mr. paxton is being accused of. what are the charges related to/ >> so, all this dates back to 2020 and during the pandemic, a number of ken paxton top aides, his first assistant and other people who worked in the executive offices of the attorney general's office, they went to the fbi and they said, we believe our boss, the attorney general of texas, is committing a number of federal offenses, including bribery and abuse of office. the allegations relate to ken paxton's alleged actions to aid a well-known austin investor by the name of nate paul, who himself was under fbi investigation. and, according to the allegations, ken paxton took a number of steps in his official capacity as attorney general to assist nate paul and then received benefits from doing so. >> we heard part of what mr. paxton's

>> 14 ayes, 16 nays. >> reporter: 21 votes were needed on any of the 16 articles of impeachment ken paxtoned bu but he was acquitted. lieutenant governor dan patrick reinstated paxton as the attorney general and criticized the texas house for voting to impeach him in the first place. >> millions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted on this impeachment. >> reporter: democrats were equally indignant. >> republicans sought to save their ass. >> reporter: the chamber voted overwhelmingly to impeach paxton. >> the 60 republicans in the texas house of representatives and two republicans in this body saw the truth. >> reporter: prosecutors argue that the attorney general had, among other things, used his possession to help a prominent real estate developer. paxton's wife state senator angela paxton watched the proceedings from the chamber, but was not allowed to vote. paxton thanked his attorneys and promised to continue doing battle with the biden administration. paxton still faces a separate federal investigation, another case into securities fraud and an ongoing investigation from the texas st

i have loved ken paxton for a long time. i have done life with ken paxton. we have traveled together, attended church together, attended countless cowboys and baylor football games together. we had food with the studio destined by the presidents. i have donated to ken, supported him and asked others to do the same. the first bill ever passed the legislature in 2013, it was sponsored by then senator and paxton. -- ken paxton which is one of the reasons this is so difficult for me and our house members and for many of you it will beat as well. over the years, ken and i spent hours on the phone together, texting, called. the first years after he was elected as attorney general i had an open door to the attorney general's office. i could go up-to-date floor any time visit with my friend. we talked politics, policy, life. as i look across this floor, many of you have the same. a few years ago those calls stopped in that open door was closed, and i became increasingly concerned and alarmed at what i saw. >> your, he is testifying in this is not based on any evidenc

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victoria, let's start with ken paxton.further evidence that when push comes to shove a political party, it will always defend its own no matter what. party over country? >> with a caveat, right? what we saw here was a fight within the republican party. because what you just noted, 70% of gop house members voted to impeach paxton. but then when it got to the senate, you held the line. it has gotten very, very ugly with the house and the senate. that is going to be a fight to watch for, spoiler alert there. also, just understanding the gop within texas. and i love if you listen to the closing remarks of the ken paxton trial, his attorney said, this day, the bush era comes to a close. so, i mean, what more can you look at in terms of that gop civil war, between that modest chamber congress of republicans -- >> the stuart stevens republicans. >> the stuart stevens -- that day has come to an end. >> stuart, your day has officially come to an end. according to ken paxton's lawyer, now that the trial is over, he's not willing to

back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. >> texas attorney general ken paxtonday. >> aquilted all 16 articles of impeachment. >> paxton faced corruption charges by a group of sex as state senators. the ag says the white house was pulling the strings and he's putting them on notice. in a scathing letter he writes i can promise the biden administration the following, buckle up because lawless policies will not go unchallenged. we will not allow you to shred the constitution and infringe on the rights of texans. you will be held accountable a. joining us now, tony bus. danby, t attorney for ken paxton. what did you anticipate the outcome would be? how close was it. >> it wasn't close. the press in texas and the press nationally spent three months convicting ken paxton on nothing but innuendo and rumor and we had a lot of high drama in texas and we finally got a chance to cross-examine witnesseses and when that happened the case pretty much fell flat and it was very clear that everything that this attorney general, our attorney general of texas has been accused of

ed lavandera has details. >> reporter: ken paxton is celebrating his victory by calling the case that brought by the house impeachment managers as a sham and a shameful experience. paxton's lawyers say that at vote in the texas senate was a vindication and was a resounding victory for ken paxton of the 18th republican senators voting on the 16 articles of impeachment, only two of them voted to convict ken paxton. he was acquitted on all 16 of the 20 articles of impeachment that were brought this trial. the other four charges were dismissed. paxton says he is ready to get back to work. >> this is a trial that should have never happened. period. full stop. the right result happened, but it shouldn't have gotten this far. >> we are proud of the case we put on. we should not have had to prove our innocence. but that's what we did. and we believe that the court reached the right verdict. we are very proud of the work we did. >> reporter: this peimpeachment vote has erupted an all-out civil war among texas republicans. the republican lieutenant governor dan patrick who oversees the senate a

ed lavandera has the details. >> reporter: ken paxton is celebrating his victory in his impeachment triallling the case that house managers brought to the senate as a sham and a shameful experience. paxton's lawyers say that this vote today is a total vindication of the attorney general, who will now be reinstated into his job. in fact, it was a resounding victory of the 18 voting republican senators, only two crossed the aisle to vote to convict ken paxton. he had an overwhelming support among republicans in the texas senate. and his lawyers say ken paxton is ready to get back to work. >> this is a trial that should have never happened. period, actual stop. the right result happened but it shouldn't have got cnn far. >> we are proud of the case we put on. we should not have had to prove our innocence, but that's what we did. and we believe that the court reached the right verdict. we're very proud of the work we did. >> reporter: this impeachment vote has erupted what can only be described as an all-out civil war among texas republicans. the republican lieutenant governor, dan patrick, w

one of the key witnesses we are expected to hear from is a woman who is romantically linked to ken paxtonant because nate paul is accused of providing a job for that woman at the request or at the behest of paxton. so what she says about the relationship. what she says about any agreement between those two men is potentially key to what happened. we also are expected to hear from other people well-known republicans. we understand that karl rove, former adviser to george w. bush, may in fact be on the witness list. a number of people have been subpoenaed to appear but as of this morning, we only are aware of five witnesses who have officially and formally been sworn in. >> jonathan strickland was recently on steve bannon's show. he said quote, we're spending millions of dollars. anyone who votes against ken paxton in this impeachment is risking their entire political career and we will make sure that is the case. what is the intensity level there and are republican state senators feeling this kind of heat? >> well, certainly there have been an active and aggressive and well funded frankly

despite all of that, ken paxton is still facing serious legal issues. he still has an upcoming trial for state financial securities fraud, a trial that is perhaps -- could be starting here in the coming weeks. he is under federal investigation with fbi agents stemming from the investigation that brought these articles of impeachment against him. but his attorneys say that this acquittal today should send a strong message to his supporters. >> he still has the pending state case. i expect that in light of today's verdict to have some serious -- those people ought to think about going forward on that case. that's been a bs case since day one. that case like this one should have never been brought. they ought to dismiss it. if they don't, we'll beat them there like we beat them here. >> the attorney general is excited and ready to get back to work, and that's what he's going to do. >> reporter: as ken paxton is saying, outside of the statement he said he's planning to travel to the state of maine next week to interview with tucker carlson. and really what

, so he had overwhelming support among republicans in the texas senate and his lawyers say that ken paxtono get back to work. >> this is trial that should have never happened, period, full stop. the right result happened. but it shouldn't have gotten this far. >> we're proud of the case we put on, we should not have to prove our innocence but that's what we did and we believe that the court reached the right verdict, we're very proud of the work we did. >> reporter: this impeachment vote has erupted an all-out civil war among texas republicans. dan patrick who oversees the senate after the trial spent several minutes blasting house republicans for voting on these articles of impeachment and bringing these charges to the senate side. on the house side, the speaker of the house shot back at dan patrick saying, it was clear based on that speech that this entire voting process was orchestrated from the very beginning, essentially accusing senators of pre-determining their vote before hearing all the evidence and also going on to say that this process cheated the voters of texas of justice in t

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here in texas are vowing to go after any republican that votes against ken paxton this afternoon, soe as we enter the 2024 political season, what kind of a political pressure many of these senators are under. and that's what at least provides so much drama in this vote. as i mentioned here off the top of this impeachment vote, after many of these senators spent much of the day yesterday deliberating in a closed session, just themselves, that vote is now expected to be made public here, starting at 10:30 a.m., central time. >> drama indeed. with a lot of minute details but really important. ed lavandera, thank you so much. we will check back with you as we get more information on that vote. >>> meantime, overseas, turkish ships are arriving in libya, carrying humanitarian aid, equipment, and over 300 aid workers, following catastrophic flooding there. more than 5,000 people are dead, and thousands are still missing. search and rescue crews are racing against time to find survivors. video shows turkish disaster workers pushing through debris, while waist-deep in water and mud searching

only 30 people, out of almost 30 million, will decide whether ken paxton is allowed to serve, in the he lead house impeachment manager said paxton has committed crimes, that make him unfit to serve as attorney general. >> mr. paxton, should be removed from office, because he failed to protect the state, and instead, used the power of his elected office for his own benefits. >> the impeachment trial has exposed a bitter divide among texas republicans. paxton has the support of donald trump, and the extreme right-wing of conservatives the state. one pro paxton group known as the defendant texas liberty pack says it will spend millions of dollars to go after republicans who voted to impeach, or convict can can paxton. >> this is a political witch hunt against ken paxton. >> anyone who goes against tech ken paxton, is risking their entire political career, and we will make sure that that is the case. >> as the political pressure mounts against republican state senators, many are watching senator angela paxton, who has long stood by her husband, as he climbed the texas political ladder. ev

ken paxton's wife was not allowed to vote. ken paxton needed ten votes to survive.most all of them. two republicans crossed the aisle to vote for conviction. paxton's lawyers say this is total vindication. >> this is a trial that should have never happened. period, full stop. the right result happened, but it shouldn't have gotten this far. >> we are proud of the case we put on. we should not have had to prove our innocence, but that's what we did, and we believe that the court reached the right verdict. we're very proud of the work we did. >> you as soon as the votes were read, it has erupted into a political civil war among texas republicans, and what this case has done is expose the deep divide between the extreme right wing of the republican party in texas, which is represented by ken paxton, and other republ republicans. you know, in the house of representatives, there were an overwhelming number of republicans that voted to impeach him, and now threats of going after those republicans as political retribution, the lieutenant governor, dan patrick, ripping into

he decided early on that ken paxton did not need to take the stand. it is that he did all of these various things that this process is talking about for the one austin real estate developer named nate paul. why was that he wanted to get his office involved in the federal investigation. why was that he wanted to get the documents to nate paul. why wasn't that he wanted the particular opinion that seem to to benefit him? if you get out there and try to explain, that you would have a hard time doing that and convince senators there. >> there is also this part, which i want to read from your piece. among the state senators that mostly in silence was mr. paxton's wife and mr. paxton. according to the rules, she would be counted as president for the purpose of the two thirds majority needed. firing, that being any deliberations, she cannot vote. she has to sit there and listen through all of this. some of which also contains allegations of having an extramarital affair and actions that the attorney general engaged in that benefited the woman that he was eng

and his response is that ken paxton is basically a thug. ney general of the state of texas. and for those of us not there, can you explain what is going on? >> i mean, it is lunacy. texas senate republicans restored the dirtiest politician back to the top cop position in charge of law enforcement, and the states largest law firm. we've presented 4000 pages of evidence, and this was a bipartisan vote to convict ken paxton of the onslaught of corruption that was just a sample of what he had been doing with this gun in paul. this came to light because numerous, loyal, conservative, republicans who worked for him came forward and said this guy has hijacked the office and is committing crimes of which they could not stand by any longer. it is a disgrace to texas law enforcement, and those whistleblowers, that senate republicans stood by politics, rather than public integrity interest, you know. >> congressman crockett, i want to remind people you spent a good deal of time, this is sort of a microcosm of stuff that is going on around the look at r

>> this tuesday the impeachment trial of republican texas state attorney general ken paxton and statestar states lead lawyer was impeached by an overwhelming majority of the republican control state house of representatives back in may on bribery and abuse of public trust charges, making him the third sitting official in the states nearly 200-year history to be impeached. he has denied any wrongdoing. if that is not enough, we sent reporting and his actions were allegedly to continue an affair. reportedly, going so far us to have a secret burner, phone email, addressed and uber account to meet his undercover lover. it will take two thirds of the states and chamber, or 21 votes to secure an eviction. if he is found guilty, he will be removed from office. joining me now is one of the reporters on that story, it is the investigative reporter at the austin american statesman. tony, thank you very much for coming back to the saturday show. so, this week they have publicly echoed trump saying he will not surrender his lawyers has indicated that he will not be taking the stand. who and what

the impeachment trial of texas republican attorney general ken paxton starts this morning.ed his office to help a donor among many other accusations. >>> jury selection begins today in the trial of former trump adviser peter navarro, he is charged with contempt of congress for failing to comply with a subpoena from the house january 6 committee. >>> former proud boys chairman enrique tarrio will be sentenced this afternoon for seditious conspiracy connected to the capitol riot. prosecutors have asked for a sentence of 33 years in prison. so a lot of different legal angles to unpack and to help us get to it, we have a former federal prosecutor joining us this morning. she is also author of "a spy in plain sight." a few things to go through. we appreciate your help breaking this down for us. we'll start with what has been lengthy sentences for other proud boys ranging anywhere from 10 to 18 years. but prosecutors are seeking more than 0 years for tarrio. what do you think the liningly hood of that happening is? >> i don't think that he'll get the whole 33, but look for at lea

ken paxton's lawyers have said that he will not testify.ll ken paxton to testify in this impeachment trial. so, it will be a very stressful few weeks here in the texas capitol. brianna? >> certainly will be. ed lavandera, thank you. >>> "out front" next, why a popular rapper's legal troubles in fulton county could reveal a lot about what former president trump is about to face. we have a special report next. >>> and coming up later tonight on cnn, a new cnn film explores the life of rock star little richard and his impact on music. >> just like a shot out of a cannon. >> his voice, he created the rock and roll icon. >> sorry, y'all, it wasn't elvis. >> i am the king of rock and roll. >> for first songs that you love that kbrurnts hate is the beginning of the sound track to your life. >> little richard's lyrics were too lewd to get fair play on the radio. >> it was just as clean as you were. >> he was very good at liberating other people. he was not good at liberating himself. ♪ >> james brown, i discovered him. jimi hendrix was my guitar pl

and we expect, if this goes to trial, we expect to see ken paxton put on the witness stand.ll not testify but impeachment managers say they will insist on calling him to testify. how this unfolds, will take place the next several weeks if it gets that far. >> you will be reporting on every step of the way. thank you. >>> all right. so we're standing by for a news conference. in several minutes, an update for that search for the convicted murderer danelo cavalcante. he has been on the run since thursday. we have just learned that search area is expanding. stay with us. for moms, from centrum. ♪ this new mom ♪ ♪ here i go ♪ ♪ i am strong and brave i know ♪ ♪ with a little time for me ♪ ♪ no doubt i will get through ♪ ♪ loving me is loving you ♪ ♪ new from centrum. the women's choice multivitamin brand. salonpas, makers of powerful pain relief patches for 89 years... believes in continuous improvement... like rounded corners that resist peeling, with an array of active ingredients... and sizes to relieve your pain. salonpas. it's good medicine. automatically responds to snoring

i don't think ken paxton wants that optic. he wants to avoid the witness stand at all costs. if he has to go go to the witness stand, he doesn't have to answer anything. host: the impeachment trial starts today. if you want to see several stories on this, go to statesman.com. thanks for setting this up for us and telling us about it. guest: thank you. host: if you're interested in watching the proceedings of the impeachment case, stay on this network starting at 10:00 a.m. and we will carry it for you as it takes place. you can follow along on air app at c-span now and on our website at c-span.org. let's hear from sean and washington state, democrats line, thanks for waiting. caller: how are you doing? i wanted to talk about biden primary in 2020. everything he said he was going to run on, he's accomplished. when are they going to start holding the republicans accountable -- they ran on crime and immigration, we don't have a crime bill, we don't have an immigration bill. why are the american people letting him get away with no

please welcome to the stage my husband, the love of my life, my best friend, texas attorney general ken paxton. >> reporter: the suspended republican attorney general was impeached on 20 articles, including charges of retaliating against whistleblower, abuse of power and bribery, as well as misconduct involving an alleged affair. paxton used this moment to pound the theme that he is the kick tim of a political witch hunt. >> if you kind of kept up, you could read that i'm responsible for the jfk assassination and for 9/11 and everything in between. >> reporter: paxton's impeachment trial begins tuesday in the texas state senate and it features some of the highest profile and unique legal characters in the state. paxton is represented by dan and tony, and they describe the impeachment as a drive-by shooting. >> this was a sham. it was a sham from the get-go. >> to say will case is not about politics has the credibility, believability and the sincerity of the fellow that is trying to convince his wife that he goes to the strip joint for the food. it is not about the naked women, sweetheart, it i

and then -- take a listen. >> it's not about ken paxton. it is about whether or not you have a reasonable doubt. and i suspect he did some things that you probably did not like. i get that. i understand that. but that is not the issue. the issue is whether the proof is there that is so convincing that it convinces you beyond a reasonable doubt, the same standard of proof that is in the death penalty case, it is not. it is not. it is not. two words, two words, not guilty. >> they office of the attorney general of the state of texas is mr. paxton's law firm. and he is the firms only client. he directs it to serve himself, not the people of texas, if you vote to condone that, then high office will simply be the most profitable choice for any self-serving crook. >> and as you mentioned, these senators are going to consider 16 articles. including bribery, conspiracy, dereliction of duty. all sitting from the staffers who say that paxton used his office to benefit a wealthy political donor, and accepted bribes. so we will ultimately see pretty so

and ken paxton -- do. , and maga republicans rallied behind paxton at the last minute which helped him -- carley: yeah. ken ken paxton also said he's a victim of a political attack by the bush, george p. bush republicans as well as the bide- pete: we should ask our resident texan. i know it's more complicated than that. will: that certainly is the way to impose a national or to see it through the prism of a national political lens. i think there's certainly -- the detailses of which i'm not fully versed, i think we can acknowledge if our own limitations on the specific charges which as you pointed out, carl everything y, are not all resolved just yet when it comes to corruption, a mistress, an affair -- carley: it got messy. will: concern payouts. but when it comes to the republicans, it required two-thirds of the senate, something like, what is it, 39 members of the texas senate, to is they needed 21 total, they only got to 12. all democrats, 2 republicans -- carley: they needed 8. will: 8 more republicans

moment now in our politics lead, 30 state senators will decide whether or not texas attorney general ken paxtonfice. paxton is a fire brand republican, a staunch trump ally and he faced bribery and abuse of office. a conviction on any of the counts would remove him from office. cnn's ed lavendera is in austin where an intense ten days of testimony has led to deliberations happening right now. >> reporter: ken paxton skipped most of the impeachment trial but the suspended attorney general was there for the final moments before 30 state senators started privately deliberating his political fate. standing over him in the senate gallery were several of his former senior staff members who blew the whistle on paxton's alleged misconduct. >> so what is this case about? it is about nothing. it's about nothing. >> he has no regard tor the principles of honor and integrity. >> he's betrayed us and people of texas. >> reporter: paxton is accused abusing his power to help friend nate paul, a real estate developer under federal investigation at the time. paul was arrested earlier this year by the fbi for fi

also, ken paxton had multiple indictments before, he has hauled all these multiple indictments to. really, is really beyond the pale, but i think the thomas wins it because he is so much power, he has this lifetime appointment and he is making these decisions every day that are radically remaking our country and a very conservative way. >> senator, who are you going with? who's your pick for portion of the week? >> chief justice rehnquist said over 20 years ago that the salary disparity between the legal profession and additional branch cannot continue to be so desperate without, i'm paraphrasing, without suffering some change and morale or the quality of the judicial branch. and i think he parise just what we are seeing. he doesn't want to give up a lifetime appointment to go chase a. brock this is the highest judicial post in the land. just by the nature of the office. ken paxton's tacky. that is a term limited situation. he could have just held his proverbial breath. but justice thomas is disappointing. disappointing to all students. to read that, you're supposed to have judicia

. >> those were the scenes from the peak binge went to trial ken paxton. cans and conservatives detailing his alleged misdeeds. the 61% majority state senators trying paxton on charges of bribery, obstruction of justice and violations of the public trust. and it is a rare display of republicans attempting to root out comes corruption with in the own party. there's just one problem. the national leaders of that same party disagree with what is happening. donald trump took time away from his own various legal troubles to denounce the impeachment trial against paxton. calling it election interference. which is his catchphrase at this point. and republican senator tim cruz agreed with trump, calling the impeachment effort a travesty. and defending mr. paxton's record as a conservative warrior against the biden administration. joining me now is texas congressman colin allred, currently running for the democratic nomination for senate to unseat senator ted cruz next year. congressman, thank you for joining me. >> what is your assessment of what is happening right