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Mark Penley says he refused to cross 'dangerous line' pushed by Ken Paxton for Nate Paul
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September 11, 2023
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1:00:11Now PlayingFormer criminal justice deputy in the Texas attorney general's office Mark Penley testified in the fifth day of Ken Paxton's impeachment trial in the state Senate chambers on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023.
"We were the only ones who could stop it, and we had to," Penley testified, referencing himself and other whistleblowers within the attorney general's office.
He answered questions from prosecutor Rusty Hardin on why he felt it was inappropriate and out of reach to try and request a sealed federal search warrant, and subsequently investigate U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Lane, who had authority over the document. Penley said he knew he would be fired for his opposition to Paxton, whom Penley increasingly viewed as passive aggressive.
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