Wife Of Indicted Republican AG Won't Recuse Herself From His Impeachment Trial

Angela Paxton, the wife of Texas' Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, says that she will not recuse herself from his upcoming impeachment trial. Angela is a state senator, so she says that her role in the impeachment trial is laid out in the law, but that doesn't mean that it is a smart idea for her to have a say in her spouse's fate. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains the many ways in which this will backfire on the Paxton household.

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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.

One. The recently impeached Republican Attorney General of the State of Texas, Ken Paxton, is in just a month or two coming up on his impeachment trial in the Republican controlled state Senate in Texas. And an interesting thing is happening because it turns out that one of those Republican senators that's gonna be a part of this trial happens to be his wife, state Senator Angela Paxton. And Angela Paxton came out this week and said that she would not be recusing herself from her husband's impeachment trial because as she claims, um, here it is. I'll read her statement. As a member of the Senate, I hold these obligations sacred and I will carry out my duties. Not because it is easy, but because the Constitution demands it and because my constituents deserve it. And she represents the Dallas area District, by the way. Um, that's bull crap.

That's like a federal judge saying, like, I can't recuse myself even though these are my friends in trial, because the constitution demands that I do my job, so I I gotta do my job. Yeah, but part of your job is also to recuse yourself when there is a glaring conflict of interest, like being a juror for your own husband's impeachment trial. Now, Paxton, for anybody who's not aware, although I'm pretty sure everybody is at this point, he's been under an, an indictment for eight years, and he is still not going to trial for that. But believe it or not, that's actually not what the impeachment was about. The impeachment was about a year's long, like briber, uh, bribery and pay-to-play scheme that he had with, uh, one of his donors. Uh, was it Nate Paul, uh, who also happens to be a friend of his, lots of back and forth between the money hiring of the friends, including one that Paxton was allegedly having an affair with, got her a job with Paul allegedly to keep her quiet.

All kinds of corruption ha uh, taking place. And in spite of all of that, like all of this was known, Paxton was still reelected to a third term this past November. And then the Republican controlled State House just voted to impeach him. So now it's going to the state senate and his wife says, no, I, I'm gonna be a juror. Now, this is very dumb. Like that is a very stupid decision made by a very stupid person. And here's why. Because no matter how you vote, a major portion of your life is about to come to an end. Think of it this way. Let's say that Angela Paxton, here's all this evidence that is already out there. It's, it's so obvious and she says, Nope, I'm not going to impeach him. Well, guess what? Your political career is over forever. Like if you do not vote to impeach your husband,

You're done. Now, let's say you do vote to impeach him. How's that gonna go? Like you still have to go home to the home that you share that evening. Like since you'll both be in the same place, maybe y'all will even drive together. I mean, what is that drive home gonna look like? Like, yeah, I saw how you voted. I mean, that would be the most awkward thing in the world. And honestly, both of the paxton's clearly deserve that. But, uh, you can either destroy your marriage or destroy your career and reputation. And honestly, you're probably gonna destroy your career and reputation either way for the simple fact of not recusing yourself. But she can't recuse herself because what if she is that one vote that saves her husband? Doesn't matter. The recusal is necessary and the Senate needs to demand it because her sitting through that trial for her husband is absolutely unheard of.