The seventh day of the suspended attorney general's trial ended with an unexpected bang that almost saw the whole case cut short.
Brandon Bell/Getty Imagesbegan with a sort of preview of eagerly awaited coming attractions. A few minutes after 9 a.m. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick informed the assembled jurors and legal teams that Laura Olson, the woman who has been named as Paxton’s alleged mistress, would be available to testify on Wednesday, but not until after 3:53 p.m.
On the stand, Wicker described an awkward encounter with his boss, dressed in gym shorts, and Olson, wearing high heels, after the two had what Wicker described as a “lively conversation” that could be heard through elevator doors in the hotel lobby. Paxton and Olson were the only people to emerge from the elevator, Wicker said. This occurred two years after Paxton had gathered staff to confess and apologize for his affair, which at that time, he said had ended.
During one meeting with the contractor at Paxton’s house, Wicker noted that the contractor was told the Paxtons wanted to move forward with having new kitchen countertops installed, even though the kitchen had not sustained any water damage, and therefore, the work would not be covered by the insurance, as the master bedroom had been.
During cross-examination of Wicker after the lunch break, defense attorney Tony Buzbee presented pictures of the Paxtons’ Austin kitchen from 2020 and from August 2023. He asked Wicker to confirm if the two sets of images appeared to look the same, to which Wicker replied that they did, backing up Buzbee’s previous suggestion that the cabinets and countertops in Paxton’s kitchen had not been renovated, as is alleged in article of impeachment 10.
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