Judge rejects Ken Paxton's attempts to throw out charges

Judge rejects Paxton's attempts

A judge has rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's attempts to throw out felony securities fraud charges that have followed the republican for nearly a decade.

AUSTIN, Texas - A judge has rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's attempts to throw out felony securities fraud charges that have followed the republican for nearly a decade.

The decision keeps Paxton on track to stand trial in April on charges that he duped investors in a tech startup.

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If convicted, Paxton faces up to 99 years in prison. He has pleaded not guilty.

The case has been delayed for years.

Paxton is charged with defrauding investors in a Dallas-area tech company called Servergy by not disclosing that he was being paid by the company to recruit them.