In a move echoing the suspense of a courtroom drama, critical documents relating to the impeachment case against suspended Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, have mysteriously vanished from the state Senate court’s online records.
Paxton Bid To End Impeachment : Charges, Counter-Charges, and a Disappearing Act
Paxton, in a bold move filed on Aug. 18, claimed house managers broke the court’s discovery rules and hid evidence pivotal to his forthcoming impeachment trial, urging the court to dismiss the case in its entirety.
The house managers, unwilling to back down, retorted on the same day.
Their defense? Paxton’s demands were superfluous; the court hadn’t asked them for those documents. Moreover, they urged Paxton’s legal team to dial down their aggressive stance.
Yet, in an unforeseen twist, these filings vanished from the court’s digital records within a week.
This intriguing act remains unexplained, but it’s worth noting that both documents missed the state Senate’s set deadlines.
In the spiraling whirlpool of this legal saga, neither Paxton nor the house managers, both silenced by a recent gag order, have aired their thoughts on these disappearing documents.
The Backstory: A Tangled Web
This isn’t Paxton’s first rodeo in the spotlight.
