Many of those charges relate to favors Paxton allegedly provided to a friend and political donor, Austin real estate investor Nate Paul. The attorney general faces 20 articles of impeachment on charges including disregard of official duty, constitutional bribery and obstruction of justice, among others.
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Paxton's impeachment trial in the Senate is scheduled to begin Sept. about knowing the only way they could derail this prosecution, the only way they could stop Kent and I in our tracks, was to defund us." One of the reasons for the eight-year delay is that they were incredibly clever and Machiavellian. "The one thing everybody agrees on is that the commissioners in Collin County will have to write the check," Wice said. The special prosecutors in the case, Kent Schaffer and Brian Wice, said they have not been paid for their work since 2016. prior to his election as attorney general. Paxton has been under indictment since July 2015 relating to allegations that he defrauded investors in a tech startup he was involved in called Servergy, Inc. She will also address issues raised by the defense for the need for a speedy trial as well as issues raised by the prosecution team regarding their payment. At that time, she said she would set a start date for the trial itself. Judge Andrea Beall set the next hearing date for Paxton's securities fraud trial for Oct. He and all other parties relating to his pending impeachment trial are under a gag order from Lt. Paxton appeared in a Houston courtroom Thursday for the latest hearing in his securities fraud case, but he did not speak. If the Texas Senate removes Paxton from office, he may be more inclined to try to settle the fraud charges in an effort to keep his law license. The felony securities fraud trial of suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won't begin until after his impeachment trial concludes, if then. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton makes a statement at his office in Austin, Texas, Friday, May 26, 2023.
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