Texas AG Ken Paxton fails to block Houston’s basic income plan Is it a violation of the Texas Constitution for a city to give money to its low-income residents? On Thursday, a Texas state court judge answered with a definitive “no” — the ... 04/18/2024 - 10:24 am | View Link
Why 18 attorneys general are backing Ken Paxton aide in professional misconduct complaint Brent Webster, along with Paxton, faces disciplinary complaint from the Commission for Lawyer Discipline, a State Bar of Texas committee. 04/15/2024 - 12:15 pm | View Link
Charges to be dropped against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in settlement agreement “I don’t think any of this would happen, but for the fact that he is the Attorney General.” defense attorney Dan Cogdell says of longstanding securities fraud charges against Ken Paxto ... 03/26/2024 - 7:34 am | View Link
Texas AG Ken Paxton will avoid fraud trial in exchange for community service, restitution The state’s top lawyer has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. Just weeks before Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was set to face trial in a nine-year-old securities fraud case that he denies ... 03/26/2024 - 4:35 am | View Link
Paxton to pay restitution, do community service, take legal ethics classes to avoid criminal trial, have charges dropped HOUSTON —Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton walked into a Houston ... administrative fine to the state securities board." Brian Wice, one of the state's special prosecutors said, "This sends ... 03/25/2024 - 1:31 pm | View Link
House members are lobbying Speaker Mike Johnson to raise the threshold to trigger the procedure to oust the speaker. However, Johnson announced he would not change the procedure for removing him from the speakership after Republican hardliners reacted with fury to the proposed change of rules. A single member can force a floor vote on the motion to vacate - part of the deal Kevin McCarthy made to become speaker last year.
Jury selection for the remaining alternates continues Friday in former President Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial. Follow here for the latest live news updates, analysis and more.
Democrats helped Republican leaders advance legislation to provide billions in stalled security funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, steering the measures closer toward passage this weekend. Via CBS News:
After about nine hours of recess, the House Rules Committee reconvened late Thursday night and moved GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson's foreign aid bills on a 9-3 vote, thanks to the votes of all four Democrats who sit on the committee: Ranking Member Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Rep.
Despite warnings from Judge Juan Merchan that the media should not be revealing too many details which could identify the jurors in the Trump trial in Manhattan, Fox's Jesse Watters spent another evening railing about them in the obvious hope that they'll either be identified or intimidated.
I watched at least one pundit on MSNBC say the judge could have shut this sort of thing down ahead of time by not making their information available to the media at all.
Juanita Jean - hubris, thy name is Donald;
Lawyers, Guns & Money - NPR agonistes and the Bari Weiss grift model;
Left Jabs - GOP Putin caucus now in the spotlight;
Obsidian Wings - the eyes have it;
Roy Edroso Breaks it Down - Romney: the Wrath of Rockefeller.
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Day 3 of the Trump Criminal Trial was quite a chaotic one!!!
Started with fireworks about more of Trump's gag order violations, the worst one being a post with a direct quote attacking the jurors. After his post accusing jurors of being "undercover liberal activists", Juror #2 (an oncology nurse that was outed by the incredible amount of detail reported by journalists), decided to leave the jury!
Fox News host Jesse Watters on Tuesday broadcast extensive biographical details about Juror No.