House Speaker Dade Phelan wrote an op-ed for his hometown newspaper saying the 'fix was in from the start,' while other Republican officials are calling for Phelan’s resignation.
, saying Phelan's belief"is disgusting and proves he is unworthy of his leadership position."
The Senate voted six days ago to acquit Paxton on all 16 impeachment articles in the trial that accused him of bribery and misuse of his office. Patrick ended the proceedings with a fiery speech that criticized the way the House members handled impeaching Paxton in the first place. The outcome escalated an already budding civil war in the Texas GOP.
"I recommend that, like almost every other impeachment trial in U.S. history, any future Impeachment tribunal select an experienced jurist with a strong reputation for neutrality to preside,” Eckhardt wrote. With Patrick taking fire on multiple fronts, GOP senators have been circulating a draft statement that defends his role in the process and insists he had no influence in jury deliberations. One senator who voted to acquit, Sen. Tan Parker, R-Flower Mound, confirmed the existence of such a statement, calling it a “working draft of an oped … that is in the process of being edited for publication in the Wall Street Journal.
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