Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Monday made good on a promise in calling for an audit of all impeachment expenses to get a full picture of how much the House General Investigating Committee cost Texas taxpayers, including the GIC's secret investigation it began in March, the House impeachment proceedings and all House and Senate trial-related costs.
He chastised the House managers, Speaker Dade Phelan, and House General Investigating Committee chair Andrew Murr, R-Junction, for bringing impeachment charges without evidence to support their charges.
He said the House violated the rules of evidence and ignored previous House precedent.
In addition to calling for an audit, he also called for the legislature to propose a constitutional amendment to be put to voters that would create impeachment processes so "An impeachment should never happen again in the House like it happened this year." "Millions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted on this impeachment," Patrick said.
"We will provide our costs as well that were forced on us by the House impeachment. One big difference is that the Senate did not pay a huge team of outside lawyers and investigators." On Monday, Patrick sent an official request to the state auditor to report all expenses from the state legislature related to the impeachment trial of AG Paxton.
" House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, remained unapologetic after the Senate's vote, saying the Senate "didn't do its job.
" Rep. Andrew Murr, R-Junction, also remained unapologetic after the Senate vote and said the House brought "uncontested, uncontroverted evidence of Mr. Paxton's corruption.
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