Ken Paxton might settle the 2015 criminal case against him for securities fraud if the Texas Senate convicts him in his impeachment trial, his attorneys say.
Ken Paxton might settle the 2015 criminal case against him for securities fraud if the Texas Senate convicts him in his impeachment trial, his attorneys say.
Suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) will face impeachment proceedings in the state Senate before his long-delayed securities fraud case goes to trial, after the presiding judge agreed to postpone discussion of a trial date until October. Paxton’s lawyers asked state District Judge Andrea Beall on Thursday to delay setting a trial date until…