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TexasTowelie

(112,217 posts)
Sat Aug 1, 2015, 02:59 PM Aug 2015

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Indicted, Sources Say

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been indicted on three charges by a grand jury in Collin County, two people close to the case told NBC 5 on Saturday.

The indictments were issued on Tuesday and immediately sealed, the sources said, adding they are set to be unsealed as early as Monday in Collin County.

A Tarrant County judge has been appointed to hear the case, the sources said.

The grand jury and two special prosecutors have been investigating whether Paxton committed a securities crime by acting as a broker without being licensed.

Read more: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Texas-Attorney-General-Ken-Paxton-Indicted-Sources-Say-320384181.html

Another article at http://www.dallasnews.com/news/headlines/20150801-report-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-indicted-by-grand-jury-in-collin-county.ece

Cross-posted in LBN.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Indicted, Sources Say (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2015 OP
Once in a Blue Moon. Downwinder Aug 2015 #1
It was a blue moon last night Half-Century Man Aug 2015 #2
Figuratively and now Literally amazing! From the state that let DeLay off the hook flamin lib Aug 2015 #3
Everyone knew that Paxton was a crook at the time of Nov 2014 elections Gothmog Aug 2015 #4

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
3. Figuratively and now Literally amazing! From the state that let DeLay off the hook
Sat Aug 1, 2015, 03:43 PM
Aug 2015

for money laundering because it was checks, not cash.

Gothmog

(145,291 posts)
4. Everyone knew that Paxton was a crook at the time of Nov 2014 elections
Sat Aug 1, 2015, 06:23 PM
Aug 2015

People were shouting that Paxton was going to go to jail and the GOP voters elected this idiot anyway.

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