Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, will not testify at his own Senate impeachment trial, his defense team said Tuesday.
Tony Buzbee, Paxton’s attorney, said in a statement obtained by The Epoch Times that the impeachment is a baseless attack on his client by political foes intent on damaging one of America’s most prominent legal conservatives.
“This is about silencing conservatives, eliminating an effective political opponent, and overturning an election,” said Buzbee, an outspoken Houston attorney who said that Paxton was the victim of a “kangaroo court.”
“They had the opportunity to have Attorney General Paxton testify during their sham investigation but refused to do so,” Buzbee continued….