Paxton's Attorneys Fire Back at Prosecutors
Lawyers in Attorney General Ken Paxton’s ongoing securities fraud case have fired back against special prosecutors in the latest in a series of back-and-forth court filings.
In their Thursday filing, Paxton’s attorneys called the prosecutors' reply to their motions to drop three felony charges “bombastic and diversionary.”
“Attorneys Pro Tem attempt sarcasm and inappropriate fictional analogies to mask their unsubstantive Reply that repeatedly misrepresents both Paxton’s arguments and the law,” the court filing said. “They are under the misguided belief that sound bites and quotes from fictional characters somehow trump law and documented facts.”
Last month, Paxton’s attorneys filed six motions to dismiss three indictments from a grand jury earlier this year. Paxton pleaded not guilty to charges of misleading investors to a technology company, at a time before he was attorney general.
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