AUSTIN — Lawyers defending Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton against securities fraud charges want the latest judge to preside over the case — the fourth in five years — to recuse himself over the vehement objections of prosecutors. This latest back-and-forth proves to even further delay the years-long case.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton shakes hands with his attorney Bill Mateja after entering the Merrill Hartman Courtroom in the Fifth Court of Appeals at the George Allen Courts Building in Dallas on May 12, 2016. Paxton was indicted in July 2015