Lawyers Argue Charges Against Texas Attorney General Should Be Dropped
The judge says he will decide what to do with the indictments as early as next Monday or a week or two later.
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The judge says he will decide what to do with the indictments as early as next Monday or a week or two later.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is back in North Texas, but today he is before a judge as a defendant. Paxton arrived at the Collin County Courthouse, with his attorneys, hoping to have felony charges of defrauding investors thrown out.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton may not like it, but he will have to live with microphones and television cameras in his security fraud trial. Paxton objected to broadcast media access back in August.
The attorney for Rosa Ortega says she has legally been in the country for more than a dozen years.
Indictment says Rosa Maria Ortega fraudulently registered to vote in Dallas County by claiming to be a U.S. citizen.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claims that his felony indictment on securities fraud charges this summer was bungled by grand jury leaks and a flawed investigation and has asked a judge to throw out the case.
Paxton also announced he earlier retained J. Mitchell Little, a partner in Scheef & Stone's Collin County law office, to assist the legal team on the state securities law aspects of the case.
Texas has joined 23 other states in a lawsuit challenging the Obama Administration's plan to restructure the way electricity is produced and consumed.
Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Obama administration over a fee that its signature health law imposes on states via insurers operating under the Medicaid program.
Criminal charges that accuse Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of defrauding investors are causing the state's top prosecutor to remove himself from some duties at work, his office said Wednesday.
Governor Greg Abbott is voicing his support for a Texas police department displaying "In God We Trust" on its patrol vehicles.
The state is seeking restitution on behalf of Texas consumers.
The State will investigate if Volkswagen violated Texas consumer laws by deceiving car buyers when selling "clean diesel" cars, that were allegedly programmed to manipulate the data produced during emissions standards testing.
Collin County commissioners believe the county shouldn't have to pay more than $33,000 to special prosecutors handling the trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Texas has asked a federal judge to block enforcement of a new federal rule that expands federal authority over the water bodies the government can regulate.
Paxton made his first campaign appearance late Thursday since being indicted on securities fraud charges, but only vaguely alluded to his legal troubles while addressing about 800 cheering supporters at a tea party rally.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have put together a high-power, high-profile legal team to defend him against felony charges.
Former Harris County prosecutor Nicole DeBorde has been appointed as the third lead prosecutor in the financial crimes cases against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appeared in court on Thursday morning for the first time since he was indicted on three felony charges.
Facing three felony securities fraud charges, the pressure on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to resign appears to be on the rise.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott says he hasn't spoken with indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton since the state's top lawyer was booked earlier this month on securities fraud charges.
An ethics investigation into an influential conservative group is putting Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton against one of his biggest donors.
The possibility of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton being held in contempt of court for impeding gay rights diminished Monday after a lawyer said the state agreed to update vital records policies for same-sex couples.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has again told a federal judge that he shouldn't have to personally appear before him and contest being held in contempt of court.
A federal judge has ordered Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to explain why he should not be held in contempt for enforcing state laws that impede gay marriage rights.
