Eugene Vindman played a role in Donald Trump’s first impeachment, but voted against new proceedings
He hasn’t explained his recent votes, but Republicans are calling him a ‘coward.’
He hasn’t explained his recent votes, but Republicans are calling him a ‘coward.’
Most Democrats joined the Republican majority to table the measure, for now.
Mark Green is known for controversial statements regarding members of the LGBTQ and Muslim communities.
Only two Republicans voted to convict Paxton on any of the impeachment articles, well short of the nine that would have needed to join Senate Democrats in order to remove Paxton from office.
The fallout in the Texas Capitol is likely only beginning and threatens to spill into the 2024 elections, when conservative allies of the Trump-backed Attorney General say they will target Republican legislators who led the investigation against Paxton.
On Thursday, Paxton’s lawyers wrapped up their defense in a single day, calling just four witness who all currently work for the three-term incumbent.
Paxton’s affair has taken a central role in the historic proceeding, with several of his former senior employees testifying they believed it explained why Paxton was using his office to aid a wealthy donor who employed the woman.
Paxton has said he expects to be acquitted and that the charges are based on ‘hearsay and gossip, parroting long-disproven claims.’
Paxton took more international trips than Texas’ Governor and Lieutenant Governor combined, and a previously unreported visit to Qatar to watch the World Cup.
Angela Colmenero is a lawyer and Gov. Greg Abbott’s deputy chief of staff.