Embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, awaiting the start of a separate impeachment trial, is set to appear in a Houston courtroom Thursday to discuss his nearly decade-long delayed trial on securities fraud charges.
It’s unclear if any decision will be made during the court hearing on when Paxton might finally go to trial on felony charges of defrauding investors in a tech startup. He was indicted in 2015.The case is back in a Houston courtroom after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld a decision last month by a judge who originally oversaw the case to move the proceedings out of Paxton’s hometown near Dallas.
Hilder declined to comment on what might be discussed during the status conference hearing but said he expected it to be "relatively short."Brian Wice, a special prosecutor who was appointed to the securities fraud case after Paxton was indicted, declined to comment.Houston attorney Kent Schaffer discusses the upcoming securities fraud trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, which has been relocated to Houston.
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