Off the Kuff: “Time for an OG Paxton scandal update.
The state’s top appeals court on Wednesday agreed to take up the question of where Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton should be tried for alleged securities fraud, a small victory for prosecutors pursuing the criminal cases against the Republican official.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals will settle whether Paxton’s trials should be held in Collin County, where the attorney general’s legal team would like to make their case, or in Harris County. Special prosecutor Brian Wice on Wednesday said a lower court decision to move the case to Collin County was a mistake.
“We’re confident today’s decision means the Court of Criminal Appeals will agree,” Wice said in a statement.
Paxton, a Republican, has been under active indictment for the majority of his time in statewide office.”