By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s returns to court over felony securities fraud charges he’s been facing for nearly a decade, it will put him the closest he’s ever been to standing trial in the case. But it’s unclear if the trial set to begin April
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday agreed to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution under a deal to end criminal securities fraud charges that have shadowed the Republican for nearly a decade. The announcement by special prosecutors in a Houston courtroom came less than three weeks before Paxton was set to stand trial on felony […]
Prosecutors have agreed to drop fraud charges against Texas Attorney
The special prosecutors would drop three felony counts against Ken Paxton
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday struck a deal with prosecutors investigating him for felony securities fraud, closing a legal saga that has dogged the state’s top law-enforcement officer and close ally of former President Donald Trump for nearly a decade. Special prosecutor Brian Wice confirmed the case was settled in a phone call with CNN on Tuesday. He said in an emailed statement the terms included nearly $300,000 in restitution for the victims, 100 hours of community service and...
Mere months after taking office in 2015, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton surrendered to authorities on three felony counts related to securities fraud. But after getting his mugshot taken and posting a $35,000 bond, Paxton spent the next nine or so years making sure that the law was a bludgeon to be used against other people. People who are not rich, white, politically empowered Republican men. On Tuesday, weeks before that 2015 case was finally set to go to trial, the special prosecutors...
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The criminal case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on securities fraud charges has ended after nine years — a span during which the Republican was reelected twice, impeached and acquitted, and emerged more politically powerful than ever. The deal with special prosecutors abruptly ends the long-running saga, which at one time threatened Paxton's rising political fortunes and could have sent him to prison, but later came to underline his resilience within the GOP. The trial had been...
Paxton, a Republican who was charged with felony securities fraud in 2015, is reportedly in talks with prosecutors on an arrangement that will let him avoid facing a jury next month.
Texas AG Paxton could see criminal charges dropped in deal with prosecutors (First column, 4th story, link)
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Paxton, a Republican who was charged with felony securities fraud in 2015, has reached a deal with prosecutors that will let him avoid facing a jury next month. He did not have to admit guilt in agreeing to the terms.