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Ken Paxton agrees to community service to avoid trial, conviction in securities fraud case

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Prosecutors agreed to drop the securities fraud charges against Attorney General Ken Paxton if he performs community service and fulfills other conditions of a pretrial agreement. The deal also requires him to take advanced legal education courses and pay restitution to those he is accused of defrauding more than a decade ago. Paxton faced the prospect of decades in prison if he had been convicted of fraud.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton reaches deal to avoid securities fraud trial

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton reached a deal to avoid a trial in his securities fraud case nine years after he was indicted on felony charges.

1 month ago·United States

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NBC Dallas-Fort Worth

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton expected to strike a deal in his securities fraud case

A nearly decades-long saga for Attorney General Ken Paxton has come to an end. Special prosecutors informed a Harris County judge that they will drop criminal charges against the Texas attorney general as part of a deal. Paxton’s trial over these felony securities fraud charges, which started in Collin County more than nine years ago, was scheduled to take place in a few weeks. Now, that trial will not happen. Lawyers for Texas Attorney General…

1 month ago·Fort Worth, United States

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KXAN

Ken Paxton makes deal to avoid securities fraud trial

According to the report, the deal could require Paxton to complete community service, legal education, and pay a six-figure fine to avoid a risky public trial that would carry the penalty of prison with a conviction.

1 month ago·Austin, United States

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KPRC-TV

Ken Paxton agrees to community service to avoid trial, conviction in securities fraud case

Paxton, who will not have to enter a plea under the terms of the agreement, faced the prospect of decades in prison if he had been convicted of fraud.

1 month ago·Houston, United States

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Mother Jones

Ken Paxton is going to take some classes on how to be more ethical

On Tuesday, nine years after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was indicted for securities fraud, and just a few weeks before he was finally set to go on trial, prosecutors struck a deal with the powerful Republican to call the whole thing off. Under the terms of the pre-trial agreement, as reported by Texas Tribune, Paxton will avoid any admission of wrongdoing but will have to do 100 hours of community service and pay $300,000 in restitution t…

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San Antonio Current

Ken Paxton agrees to community service to avoid trial, conviction in securities fraud case

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. HOUSTON — Prosecutors on Tuesday agreed to drop the securities fraud charges facing Attorney General Ken Paxton if he performs 100 hours of community service and fulfills other conditions of a pretrial agreement, bringing an abrupt end to the nearly nine-year-old felony case that has loomed over the embattled Republican si…

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Ken Paxton agrees to community service to avoid trial, conviction in securities fraud case

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton reaches deal to avoid securities fraud trial

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton reaches deal to avoid securities fraud trial

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton expected to strike a deal in his securities fraud case

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton expected to strike a deal in his securities fraud case

Ken Paxton makes deal to avoid securities fraud trial

Ken Paxton makes deal to avoid securities fraud trial

Ken Paxton agrees to community service to avoid trial, conviction in securities fraud case

Ken Paxton agrees to community service to avoid trial, conviction in securities fraud case

Ken Paxton is going to take some classes on how to be more ethical

Ken Paxton is going to take some classes on how to be more ethical

Ken Paxton agrees to community service to avoid trial, conviction in securities fraud case

Ken Paxton agrees to community service to avoid trial, conviction in securities fraud case

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