Paxton's Securities Fraud Trial Stays in Houston

Paxton’s Securities Fraud Trial Stays in Houston

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton leaves a news conference after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in President Joe Biden's bid to rescind a Trump-era immigration policy that forced migrants to stay in Mexico to await U.S. hearings on their asylum claims, in Washington, U.S., April 26, 2022. | Image by Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo/REUTERS

Suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s trial on securities fraud will not be moved to Collin County after all.

The Texas Court of Appeals ruled 6-3 on Wednesday to keep it in Houston, county seat of Harris County.

The venue has been a point of contention in the securities case against Paxton, who faces an impeachment trial this summer in the Texas Senate.

The case dates back to accusations that Paxton solicited investors in McKinney-based Servergy Inc. without disclosing he was being paid to promote the stock.

“We’re gratified but not surprised that the Court recognized that this defendant must stand trial before a Harris County jury and a judge who will follow the law,” prosecutor Brian Wice said in a statement.