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Guys, I've heard this consistent error depth
on Twitter that

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Ken Paxton was shafted in his house
impeachment trial, mainly

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saying that Ken Paxton was not allowed the
opportunity to

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show up or even testify.

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General Paxton's press released yesterday that
he wanted the opportunity

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to appear before us.

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Right, frankly, that opportunity should be
afforded at the at

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the committee level.

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That opportunity should be afforded to him.

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Look, just because Richard Hayes says so, and
so do

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so many other people on Twitter, it does not
make

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it true.

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He was in fact invited to testify multiple
times.

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Mr.

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Smithy, um, are you aware that I, as chair of

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the Committee on Judiciary and Civil
Jurisprudence, in which I

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extended a direct invitation to Attorney
General Ken Paxton to

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appear in front of our committee?

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Are you aware as to whether or not Attorney
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Paxton accepted my invitation to appear in
front of our

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committee?

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My assumption from your question is that he
did not.

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He did not.

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Representative Smithy, are you aware that at
that committee I

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issued a standing invitation to Attorney
General Paxton to participate

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in any subsequent hearing of the committee on
judiciary and

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civil jurisprudence?

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So in fact, Paxton was allowed to testify,
invited to

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do so.

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He chose not to show up.

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So all you on Twitter who basically say he
wasn't

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given the option, no, he was given the option.

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But you know what's really weird?

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Now things are going to the Senate.

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He is specifically being told to testify to
the Senate,

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and he doesn't want to.

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This guy is corrupt and he needs to go.