AUSTIN, Texas - The impeachment trial of Ken Paxton got underway on Tuesday with a young lawyer at the center of much of the controversy on the stand.
Brandon Cammack was five years out of law school and had about 75 clients with 15 to 20 jury trials under his belt when he got a phone call in August 2020 from Attorney General Paxton.
He testified that Paxton communicated with him through an app called Signal, used for encrypted communications.
The impeachment trial of Ken Paxton got underway on Tuesday with a young lawyer at the center of much of the controversy on the stand.
Cammack said he did everything at the direction of Paxton over six weeks that would change his life.
"The only person I reported to was Mr. Paxton at his direction," he testified.
Cammack was brought in as outside counsel to the state's top law enforcer.
Lawyer Brandon Cammack was hired by Ken Paxton to investigate claims made by Paxton donor Nate Paul. On Tuesday morning Cammack answered questions from prosecution lawyer Rusty Hardin and talked about the hiring process, meetings with Paul and the non-official forms of communication he used when communicating with the AG.
He testified that he was excited in his first meeting with Attorney General Paxton.
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