Ken Paxton’s Attorney Cancels News Conference After Gag Order Issued Over Impeachment Trial

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who will oversee Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial, issued a sweeping gag order scolding lawyers on both sides for “inflammatory” public comments ahead of the historic September proceedings.
“The court finds that individuals involved in the trial of impeachment will likely continue to make public prejudicial and inflammatory statements unless this order is issued,” Mr. Patrick wrote in the gag order issued on Monday (pdf).
Mr. Patrick, who leads the Senate and will preside over the impeachment, issued the order just ahead of a high-profile news conference with Mr. Paxton’s lead attorney Tony Buzbee, which was scheduled for Tuesday but has now been canceled….}