Impeached Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton will make an appearance in a Houston courtroom Thursday in another legal issue he’s facing: an eight-year-old felony indictment for financial fraud for defrauding investors in a tech start-up, the Associated Press reports.
Brian Wice, the state’s special prosecutor assigned to Paxton’s securities fraud case, successfully argued to move the case from Paxton’s home county to Houston. Paxton continues to move to return the trial to his home county outside Dallas because he believes he’ll get favorable treatment in Republican-leaning Collin County.
The hearing is essentially a status update for the Court on the case, which has been delayed for years due to various frivolous motions from Paxton. The latest issue will be trying to advance the case as Paxton faces 20 articles of impeachment, which also includes the securities fraud allegation.