“In a letter to the legislative committee mulling articles of impeachment against University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall of Dallas, a lawyer for the regent accused the group of being “not serious about its mission,”, began a story in the Texas Tribune by Reeve Hamilton.
This week certain members of this Kangaroo Court of a committee conveniently leaked a one-sided draft report to the media. There is more to say about this Speaker Straus-lead injustice than I can cover here but, as you see things reported remember a few key items.
The committee had no problem issuing subpoenas for testimony to all types of people but refused to subpoena the actual person they are out to destroy. Why? Well maybe so that they don’t have to play by general rules of justice. Did you know that the Straus-created committee did not afford their target, Wallace Hall, the right to call witnesses and even refused him the basic human right of cross examination?*
House leaders, all moderates, are striking back at Mr. Hall for looking deeply into and exposing members of the Legislature using their clout to get friends and family admitted to UT outside of normal admissions standards.
And to all the injustice to-date, add this line from a Tribune story this week: “Ironically, a substantial number of the actions that the… [draft] report highlights as potentially triggering impeachment occurred in part or entirely because of the committee’s investigation.”
Texas ruling-class RINO’s trying to Scooter Libby one of our own to cover up their bad behavior!
* One legal expert tells me: They allowed him to suggest witnesses for them to call, but he didn’t do that. [Hardly allowing one to call witnesses!] They did not allow his attorneys any interaction with the witnesses who were called. This was contrary to how things were done in the Gov. Ferguson impeachment (his attorneys were allowed to cross examine). It is even contrary to the way they handled the judicial impeachment in the 70s… They also allowed public testimony back then but did not allow it today.
As for the subpoenas, at one point they voted to issue one and then withdrew it. When Hall’s attorneys later asked for a subpoena and notice of a date for testimony they refused. Now they’re attacking him because he wouldn’t come without a subpoena.
Austin insiders try to “Scooter Libby” a UT Regent
Robert Pratt
“In a letter to the legislative committee mulling articles of impeachment against University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall of Dallas, a lawyer for the regent accused the group of being “not serious about its mission,”, began a story in the Texas Tribune by Reeve Hamilton.
This week certain members of this Kangaroo Court of a committee conveniently leaked a one-sided draft report to the media. There is more to say about this Speaker Straus-lead injustice than I can cover here but, as you see things reported remember a few key items.
The committee had no problem issuing subpoenas for testimony to all types of people but refused to subpoena the actual person they are out to destroy. Why? Well maybe so that they don’t have to play by general rules of justice. Did you know that the Straus-created committee did not afford their target, Wallace Hall, the right to call witnesses and even refused him the basic human right of cross examination?*
House leaders, all moderates, are striking back at Mr. Hall for looking deeply into and exposing members of the Legislature using their clout to get friends and family admitted to UT outside of normal admissions standards.
And to all the injustice to-date, add this line from a Tribune story this week: “Ironically, a substantial number of the actions that the… [draft] report highlights as potentially triggering impeachment occurred in part or entirely because of the committee’s investigation.”
Texas ruling-class RINO’s trying to Scooter Libby one of our own to cover up their bad behavior!
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Read more: UT: Impeachment report full of hypocrisy and deception
* One legal expert tells me: They allowed him to suggest witnesses for them to call, but he didn’t do that. [Hardly allowing one to call witnesses!] They did not allow his attorneys any interaction with the witnesses who were called. This was contrary to how things were done in the Gov. Ferguson impeachment (his attorneys were allowed to cross examine). It is even contrary to the way they handled the judicial impeachment in the 70s… They also allowed public testimony back then but did not allow it today.
As for the subpoenas, at one point they voted to issue one and then withdrew it. When Hall’s attorneys later asked for a subpoena and notice of a date for testimony they refused. Now they’re attacking him because he wouldn’t come without a subpoena.