Ken Paxton's Legal Troubles Aren't Over

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Ken Paxton’s Legal Troubles Aren’t Over

September 16, 2023 at 4:56 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 210 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/09/16/ken-paxtons-legal-troubles-arent-over/

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, acquitted in his impeachment trial, “still faces serious risk on three fronts: an ongoing a federal investigation into the same allegations that led to his impeachment; a disciplinary proceeding over his effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election; and felony securities fraud charges dating to 2015,” the AP reports.

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[Attilatheblond]

1. Hope the courts will manage to do what the GOP pols refused to accomplish

Sorta like GOP on the Hill sitting on their asses with Trump and then whining about DOJ charges.

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. The political infighting among Rethugs in Texass is going

to be spectacular.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. After winning impeachment fight, Paxton still faces felony fraud case and an FBI investigation

Paxton is not in the clear. Four impeachment charges were not voted on because these charges were part of pending criminal case that will now be going to trial. Paxton may have a harder time escaping from a Harris County Jury

Link to tweet

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/16/texas-ken-paxton-attorney-general-legal-cases-securities-fbi/

But Paxton’s legal troubles are not over.

He still faces state securities fraud charges, a case that has stretched out for eight years and counting, starting with an indictment just months after he took office in 2015. The case has been delayed for years by pretrial disputes — including a back-and-forth battle over the trial venue that saw it moved to Houston from Collin County, which Paxton represented as a state lawmaker.

And Paxton has been under investigation by the FBI since October 2020, although no charges have been filed.

Federal investigators began their investigation after several top Paxton deputies went to the FBI and alleged the attorney general had committed crimes, including bribery, while trying to help his friend and political donor, Austin real estate developer Nate Paul. Justice Department prosecutors who typically handle high-profile public corruption cases took over the case in February.

Federal law experts and former prosecutors contacted by The Texas Tribune say the impeachment result isn’t likely to alter the course of Paxton’s securities fraud case. As far as the FBI investigation, they said, witness testimony in the impeachment hearings could help federal officials evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of their case......

According to the Associated Press, federal prosecutors and a grand jury heard testimony from witnesses including Drew Wicker, who served as Paxton’s former personal aide and testified during the impeachment trial that he heard Paxton and a contractor discuss the cost of proposed changes to the renovations at Paxton’s Austin home.

[angrychair]

4. There is no justice

He was indicted in 2015 for fraud, over 8 years ago and they haven't even got close to going to trial yet.

He has been under investigation by the FBI for 3 years. Nothing has come of it.


People like Paxton and Trump, as the wealthy and privileged, just walk between the raindrops and are never held accountable.

Just the way of world. Always has been

[NJCher]

5. strummin' on the old banjo again, I see

[angrychair]

7. Ok

Not even sure what that means but everything I said is true. That you don't like a fact doesn't make that fact untrue.

[calimary]

6. "Is it wrong that I'm smiling?"

[angrychair]

8. He was indicted

In 2015 and 8 year later they are nowhere near a trial date, much less pre-trial motions and jury selection

He has been investigated by the FBI for 3 years and so far nothing has come of it.

The fix is in.