AUSTIN, Texas - The historic impeachment trial of Ken Paxton continued Wednesday with more testimony.
The suspended Attorney General is not in the Senate chamber for the proceedings.
Paxton left after lunch on Tuesday after he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with attorney Tony Buzbee who pleaded not guilty to all articles of impeachment on Paxton's behalf.
You can watch complete coverage of the trial on FOX4News.com and FOX 4's YouTube channel.
Large portions of the trial will also be available on FOX LOCAL along with highlights and analysis.
10:58 a.m. | Mateer's testimony mostly focuses on the hiring of Brandon Cammack. Cammack was an outside lawyer hired by Paxton to investigate complaints made by Nate Paul. Mateer said Paxton signing the contract would go against the policy of the Office of the Attorney General, but the defense grabs onto the fact that Mateer said it was not illegal.
10:49 a.m. | Jeff Mateer on his concerns about Paxton's involvement with Nate Paul, "he was not a good guy."
10:29 a.m. | One of the allegations against Paxton claims that he enacted a COVID-based policy that stopped foreclosures on Nate Paul properties. Mateer says that at a time when Texas was strictly against COVID closures that the foreclosure policy "was as if Anthony Fauci wrote it."
10:06 a.m. | Ken Paxton's former top deputy, Jeff Mateer, is on the stand again. Mateer is one of the whistleblowers who reported Ken Paxton to the FBI for alleged bribery.
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