Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is set to face trial in Houston on April 15 over allegations that he committed securities fraud. The trial could be the...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sits with his defense attorneys Tony Buzbee and Mitch Little during his impeachment trial in the Senate chamber at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. A Houston judge set his criminal trial date in a long-pending securities fraud case for April 15.AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will face trial on April 15 for long pending allegations of securities fraud, a judge ruled Monday.
The prosecutors in the case have not been paid since 2016. Schaffer, a Houston attorney, said Monday that their fees are likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. He said Paxton’s defense team argued about their pay as an attempt to undermine the prosecution.Schaffer said the defense team’s attempt to bring up their pay was “emblematic” of Paxton’s strategy in the case. “They don’t want to go to trial,” he said. “They want to delay the trial in any way.
“It is time that the guy goes to trial,” Schaffer added. “He went through that charade in Austin, but this is going to be different. This is not going to be a corrupt trial, this is going to be a trial about corruption.” Paxton’s defense team did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment. Paxton has pleaded not guilty to the charges., Austin Bureau Correspondent. Philip Jankowski has covered government, politics and criminal justice in Texas for 13 years. He previously worked for the Austin American-Statesman, the Killeen Daily Herald and the Taylor Press. Philip is a graduate of the University of Texas-Austin.
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