Prosecutors fire back over another of Paxton’s motions to throw out indictments
The prosecutors pursuing criminal charges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have filed a response to another of the several motions by Paxtons defense team to throw out the indictments.
This filing addresses claims by Paxton that the prosecutors disclosed grand jury information and violated grand jury secrecy by talking to various media. Paxtons motions, filed last week, cite several stories, in particular a news story in the New York Times on Aug. 1 reporting on the existence of indictments against the states top lawman that were under seal until Aug. 3.
Well-established ethical rules are set in place to prohibit lawyers involved in litigation or investigations from making statements to the media that would prejudice the case or defendant, Paxtons motion argued.
But prosecutors claim they did not violate grand jury secrecy. Even assuming they did violate a rule, they wrote in their motion, such a disciplinary violation does not entitle him to the pre-trial windfall he seeks unless he can show the violation affected his substantial rights or deprived him of a fair trial.
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