The news today in Houston is that a Harris County judge rejected the Texas attorney general's attempt to have his trial dismissed. His latest claim was that the charges have taken too long to go to trial. (I agree that it has taken too long, but that is because he has used every legal trick in the book to delay it.)
Houston Chronicle
Paxton, 61, is accused of encouraging investors in 2011 to invest in a technology startup, failing to disclose that the firm paid him for those referrals. In a separate charge, officials allege Paxton solicited clients for a friend's investment company without registering himself as an adviser with the state.
The attorney general blamed the special prosecutors for trying for years to seek additional payment from Collin County, where the case began, for the bulk of the delay. Paxton’s lawyer, Dan Cogdell, said his client had nothing to do with that delay – a contention that prosecutors disputed.
Judge Andrea Beall asked both sides to tally the number of days Paxton had spent behind bars and how many court appearances he had made.
(His jail time has amounted to about a day after he quickly made bail.)
Note this case is from 6/3/2015.
It’s about time!