Texas AG may be indicted on felony charges

[Carlybee]

Paxton case headed to grand jury soon

AUSTIN - The special prosecutor in charge of presenting Ken Paxton's case to a grand jury said Wednesday in his opinion there is sufficient evidence to warrant an indictment of the first-term Texas attorney general on fraud charges.

"I think there is more than substantial evidence to indicate that an indictment is warranted, but it will be up to the grand jury to decide," said attorney Kent Schaffer, who along with Brian Wice was appointed to oversee the investigation into whether Paxton violated state securities laws.

The two Houston special prosecutors will present their evidence to a grand jury in Collin County within the next three weeks, said Schaffer.

He would not expand on the details, but Schaffer said the amount of money involved in the case he and Wice will present to the grand jury will be "substantially higher than $100,000."

Securities fraud violations over that figure amount to a first-degree felony under state law. If convicted, he could face a sentence of five years to life in prison and a fine of not more than $10,000.

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Sp...ct-6362046.php

[Ronin Truth]

Did he steal enough to buy his way out?

[Voluntarist]

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[Carlybee]

Isn't he the one that people here were supporting for the AG position?
Texas Primaries: Who Do We Support?

I don't know enough about the situation to comment; but what the Chron said during the election campaign was:

... from what I've seen of Attorney Generals, those would be qualifications rather than disqualifications.

Our current governor is the former AG

[Voluntarist]

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[tod evans]

For some reason asking the police to police the police never seems to work out well for John Q.

[oyarde]

Securites fraud ? Seems odd .

[William Tell]

Isn't he the one that people here were supporting for the AG position?
Texas Primaries: Who Do We Support?

Yep, I voted for him in the primary. He was easily the best of the primary candidates for that position. We shall see where this goes.

[acptulsa]

Securites fraud ? Seems odd .

The only offense the article mentions is soliciting business for a friend's brokerage house without a license.

But this isn't a politically motivated hatchet job. Couldn't possibly be.

[Dianne]

Hmmmmmm .... bet it has something to do with this:

http://time.com/3939652/texas-attorn...-sex-marriage/

Gives county clerks right to refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples

In defiance of the Supreme Court decision on Friday guaranteeing same-sex couples the right to wed nationwide, Texas’ attorney general said Sunday that county clerks can refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples if they object on religious grounds.