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It's happening! :bunny:
ClearingTheFog @clearing_fog wrote: AFAIK, we don’t have an official timeline yet on when the full House will vote on the Articles. But they have been delivered, printed, and passed out on the House floor, and the word is “very soon.”

Not sure exactly what that means yet.
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The House will take up these articles very soon. It is our duty to hold all elected officials accountable to the letter of the law. Justice will finally be served. #txlege
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It’s when times are tough that you find out who your real friends are. In Paxton’s case, that’s Stephen Miller and Ted Nugent.
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What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
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:bunny:
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Trump's next Attorney General nominee.
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end . . .
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Resume18 wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 4:25 pm Trump's next Attorney General nominee.
Would he be eligible if he's, f'r'ex, disbarred after being impeached?
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Ben-Prime wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 4:26 pm
Resume18 wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 4:25 pm Trump's next Attorney General nominee.
Would he be eligible if he's, f'r'ex, disbarred after being impeached?
Dunno, but Trump does lots of stuff people think he can't/shouldn't do.
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end . . .
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Ben-Prime wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 4:26 pm
Resume18 wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 4:25 pm Trump's next Attorney General nominee.
Would he be eligible if he's, f'r'ex, disbarred after being impeached?
Yes.

The only two requirements for a federal cabinet position are nomination and confirmation.

And the next Senate session could confirm.
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What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
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So now a Senate trial, like in Fed impeachment?
Has everybody heard about the bird?
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keith wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 6:15 pm So now a Senate trial, like in Fed impeachment?
Yes, and Paxton is suspended from office until there is a resolution...
"He sewed his eyes shut because he is afraid to see, He tries to tell me what I put inside of me
He's got the answers to ease my curiosity, He dreamed a god up and called it Christianity"

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Wow, that went fast after 8 years.
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Phoenix520 wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 6:35 pm Wow, that went fast after 8 years.
When your corruption is too much even for the QOP... :cantlook:
"He sewed his eyes shut because he is afraid to see, He tries to tell me what I put inside of me
He's got the answers to ease my curiosity, He dreamed a god up and called it Christianity"

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Ronny is NOT happy about this. :violin:
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Paxton posted a letter announcing the Texas House Speaker should resign after video of the Speaker apparently drunk went viral. They decided to impeach him after 8 years of supporting him in spite of all the criminal indictments almost immediately after he posted that letter. Oops.
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Everything's a witch hunt.

Oh...



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Seems like a solid strategy.
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oh goody


he is admitting to more crime!
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"I disenfranchised millions of people to rig an election"...is what I'm hearing....
"He sewed his eyes shut because he is afraid to see, He tries to tell me what I put inside of me
He's got the answers to ease my curiosity, He dreamed a god up and called it Christianity"

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You’d be right-o if he considered them people. He doesn’t.
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Just like with gun control after a mass shooting, Impeachment 2 months from now is “too soon”.

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FORT WORTH, Texas — A lawyer for impeached Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday that the official’s trial in the Senate could drag on for months.

The state Senate is expected to convene as a court of impeachment by Aug. 28. Senators are scheduled to meet June 20 to consider rules for the proceedings.

Tony Buzbee, a Houston attorney, said if the Senate wants to have a “real trial,” there’s a lot of work to be done between now and August. He called the indictment an engineered “sham.”

“And if it takes us a year to show that, then we’ll take a year to do it,” Buzbee said. “And to suggest that we can have a trial in August, I would suggest if we are going to have a real trial, if we’re really going to have a trial, it’s going to take a lot longer than that. I would also suggest that if we’re going to have a real trial, we’ve got a lot of work to do between now and this August or maybe next August.“

It’s not clear how the proceedings could be delayed. Asked what mechanism he has during a Wednesday news conference at the Texas Republican Party of Texas headquarters, Buzbee said the defense team would find out when they see the Senate’s rules for the trial.
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The longer the Senate trial takes, the longer Paxton remains suspended. OK with me. ;)
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What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
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