17-02-2017 13:38 via kxan.com

Attorney General Ken Paxton may face 2 trials

MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) – The judge overseeing the felony securities fraud charges against Texas’ Republican attorney general says he’ll attempt to seat a jury without changing where the case will be tried.
Special prosecutors have asked that the proceedings be moved out of Paxton’s home county, blaming a tainted jury pool.
But the Dallas Morning News reports that during a pretrial hearing Thursday, Judge George Gallagher said he planned to “at least try to choose a ju
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