Houston judge keeps AG Paxton's fraud case on for April trial; he faces up to 99 years if convicted.
by JUAN A. LOZANO Associated PressFILE - A Houston judge denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to dismiss felony securities fraud charges dating back nearly a decade, keeping him on track for an April trial. Paxton, who has pleaded not guilty, could face up to 99 years in prison if convicted of duping investors in a tech startup. attempts to throw out felony securities fraud charges that have shadowed the Republican for nearly a decade.
Paxton, who has pleaded not guilty, appeared in the Houston courtroom for the hearing, sitting at the defense table with his attorneys. He did not address the court as his legal team argued that a long trial delay since he was first indicted in 2015 violated his right to a speedy trial. Paxton is charged with defrauding investors in a Dallas-area tech company called Servergy by not disclosing that he was being paid by the company to recruit them.
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