After eight years of relocation debates and payment disputes, the ongoing securities fraud case against Attorney General Ken Paxton will go to trial in April. State District Judge Andrea Beall set the date during a hearing on Monday, where Paxton was present. The attorney general arrived through the front door...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton returned to a Houston courtroom, accompanied by an entourage of defense attorneys and security for the latest pretrial hearing in the securities fraud case against him.After eight years of relocation debates and payment disputes, the ongoing securities fraud case against Attorney General Ken Paxton will go to trial in April.
According to Wice, who spoke with reporters after the hearing, the same question was brought forth by another of Paxton’s attorneys, Philip Hilder, at an earlier pretrial hearing in August. When asked how much the prosecutors were owed, Wice said, “a lot.” He added that Beall had not told the prosecutorial team when she would be ruling.Special prosecutors, Brian Wice and Kent Schaffer, are still left in limbo over their compensation; however, Wice said he was undeterred and unwilling to withdraw from the case.
The case originated from Collin County; however, it moved to Harris County amid concerns of impartiality in a county that Paxton represented for years in the State Legislature – and his wife, Senator Angela Paxton, now does too.
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