HOUSTON — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's securities fraud trial will proceed after a judge denied his attorneys' motion to dismiss the charges.
Judge Andrea Beall also set another pretrial date for March 20. Then the trial is scheduled to start on April 15.
This is the latest court date in his nine-year legal battle over alleged securities fraud.
Paxton is charged with securities fraud for allegedly recruiting investors for a Dallas-based tech company, but not telling them that he was being paid by the company to do so.
However, Paxton denies any wrongdoing.
These charges go back nearly a decade but issues over court venues, scheduling, and last year's impeachment trial have all delayed the process.
Paxton’s lawyers filed a motion recently to dismiss the charges, saying Paxton’s right to a speedy trial was violated.
However, prosecutors argued it’s Paxton’s legal team that was to blame for the delay.