Despite the delayed start to Wednesday’s impeachment proceedings, senators picked up where they left off on the first day, hearing testimony from Jeff Mateer – the former first assistant attorney general and one of the eight high-ranking officials who reported Ken Paxton to federal authorities. Mateer returned to the witness…
Despite the delayed start to Wednesday’s impeachment proceedings, senators picked up where they left off on the first day, hearing testimony from Jeff Mateer – the former first assistant attorney general and one of the eight high-ranking officials who reported Ken Paxton to federal authorities. Mateer returned to the witness stand after lead defense attorney Tony Buzbee withdrew a motion filed on Tuesday night that would have prevented documents that displayed contact between Paxton and attorneys who worked for him from being admitted as evidence due to “client-attorney privilege.”…