Texas House “prosecutors” started Day 7 of the impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton by calling his mistress as a witness.
Paul in June. The 23-page indictment includes eight counts of making false statements to financial institutions.
Wicker testified that he was concerned about an inappropriate relationship between Laura Olson and the Attorney General and that bribery may be involved. He went to HR about Olson and reported spending extra time, including weekends. Wicker was an Office of the Attorney General employee. He also witnessed the AG and Olson coming out of the Omni Hotel elevator where Paxton stayed during the renovations.
Defense counsel Tony Buzbee presented photos that allegedly showed that the kitchen counters were never changed. Lt. Gov. Patrick overruled House impeachment lawyers when they objected to the photo’s lack of authenticity or legal predicate and asked that it not be admitted. Buzbee also showed Wicker receipts, which purported to show that Paxton had the trustee of his blind trust pay for the renovations.
General Paxton was very proud of Brickman, and he gave him a special award in front of the staff, a book from Antonin Scalia inscribed by Paxton, Brickman testified. Paxton told him he had never done that before. Brickman had devised an idea for Paxton to use his “” to comment about Shelley Luther, the Dallas hairdresser arrested for violating a stay-home order.
Impeachment prosecutor Hardin asked Brickman what he thought about Paxton’s report to the Texas Legislature in August 2021 after the whistleblower claims became public. Brickman replied that Paxton lied and made “false claims” and “I would call this report a whitewash full of lies and omissions.” He said Paxton did not answer the questions asked by members of the Texas House.
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