{"id":19686,"date":"2017-02-10T02:31:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T02:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=19686"},"modified":"2017-02-10T02:32:45","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T02:32:45","slug":"texas-ag-cant-get-a-fair-trail-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=19686","title":{"rendered":"Texas AG deserves to stand trial at home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ken-paxton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19687\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ken-paxton-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ken-paxton-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ken-paxton-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ken-paxton.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My jaw dropped. My mouth is gaping. I cannot believe what I have just read.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors seeking to convict Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is set to stand trial for an alleged securities fraud matter, have asked for a change of venue because they say they cannot get a fair trial in Collin County, a suburban region just north of Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Why the jaw-drop?<\/p>\n<p>Well, Paxton <em>represented Collin County<\/em> in the Texas Legislature before he was elected AG in 2014. That&#8217;s what made his indictment by a Collin County grand jury all the more remarkable, the way I saw it. This wasn&#8217;t a group of liberal activists seeking revenge against a conservative statewide politician. The grand jury was a panel of Paxton&#8217;s peers.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors need not seek a change of venue, given that a Collin County grand jury brought the charges against Paxton in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>The grand jury indicted Paxton on allegations that he misled investors in a company; the alleged crime occurred before he became attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but I find this allegation of bias against them to be\u00a0soaked in irony.<\/p>\n<p>As the Texas Tribune reported: &#8220;Ken Paxton, like all Texans, has the right to be tried in the County he was charged in,&#8221; Paxton lawyer Dan Cogdell said in a statement. &#8220;The Special Prosecutors have filed a 60-page pleading trying to thwart that right. That these prosecutors are somehow painting themselves as &#8216;victims&#8217; of some nonexistent conspiracy is extremely telling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I believe the trial court will be able to seat a jury that can determine this case fairly and without bias. Just look at what the grand jury did to bring this case to trial.<\/p>\n<p>The case\u00a0is set to go to trial on May 1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2017\/02\/09\/paxton-prosecutors-want-change-venue-fraud-case\/\">Let it take place <\/a>in Collin County.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My jaw dropped. My mouth is gaping. I cannot believe what I have just read. 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