Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who leads the state Senate and is presiding over Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial, received $3 million in support from Fort Worth-based Defend Texas Liberty PAC.
The PAC, led by former state Rep. Jonathan Strickland (R), made a $1 million donation, along with a $2 million loan, to Mr. Patrick’s campaign fund, according to the campaign finance report published on July 19.
The group has declared the House impeachment of Mr. Paxton as a “sham.”
“While Dade [Phelan] and his Democrat friends push this sham #TXKangaroo Court Defend Texas Liberty is building the machine to move Texas even further to the right,” Defend Texas Liberty PAC wrote on Twitter following the House’s vote to impeach Mr. Patrick….