Ken Paxton not guilty - What's Your Point?

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 Victorious, Houston attornies Tony Buzbee and Dan Cogdell minutes after securing across-the-board acquittals on 16 articles of impeachment aimed at their client Attorney General Ken Paxton.

 Forewarned by Lt.. Governor Dan Patrick that this would be a "political trial" - what unfolded Saturday on the senate floor was clearly a partisan exercise with the Republican majority in the upper chamber voting not guilty.

 In the end,  House prosecutors got nowhere close to the 21 votes needed - managing at best 14.

Lt. Governor Dan Patrick's influence on the Ken Paxton impeachment trial

 Afterward - in a speech clearly written before the outcome was publicly known, Patrick tongue lashed the Texas House.

GAVEL TO GAVEL COVERAGE- Ken Paxton Impeachment trial

Abuse of office, retaliation, obstruction of a federal investigation, and bribery....with their vote, the GOP senate majority said it just didn't happen.

 House prosecutor Ann Johnson lashing out at what she clearly believes were verdicts driven by "greed for political power" and counter to the best interests of 30 million Texans,

As we "Sunday morning quarterback" this impeachment outcome, I have to return to late May when the House unveiled its "secret" investigation and slammed through the articles of impeachment within a few days time... Drawing protests over the lack of due process.

Did that "expedience" so to speak, come back to haunt them...or would it really not have mattered given the political positioning that's unfolded?