According to a new filing a judge ruled that special prosecutors Brice Wice and Kent Schaffer should be paid $300 an hour for their work in 2016.
It’s a major development in a legal battle that has delayed the Texas Attorney General’s felony securities fraud case for nearly eight years.
That suburban Dallas county is home to the technology company Paxton is accused of soliciting investors for without telling them he was being paid to do so.According to a new filing to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Judge Andrea Beall ruled Tuesday that special prosecutors Brice Wice and Kent Schaffer should be paid $300 an hour for their work in 2016. That’s the rate the two were promised when they took the job in 2015.
Both sides discussed the pay issue during a court hearing Monday in Houston, where Paxton was present but did not speak in the courtroom or to the media. “Once again, the Special Prosecutors are making clear that their prosecution of Ken Paxton is all about money and not justice,” said Dan Cogdell and Philip Hilder, Lead Counsel for Ken Paxton, in an emailed statement to KHOU 11 Thursday afternoon.
BREAKING: hearing that a Harris County judge has ordered Collin County to pay the Paxton prosecutors $300/hour for past and future invoices. Nevermind that both the 5th COA and the Texas CCA ruled in our favor against these fees. Good luck with that.Paxton has pleaded not guilty to two counts of securities fraud, which carry penalties of 5 to 99 years in prison, and one count of failing to register with state securities regulators, which carries a penalty of 2 to 10 years in prison.
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Harris County judge sides with Ken Paxton’s prosecutors over pay dispute in securities fraud caseJudge Andrea Beall ruled Tuesday that the prosecutors, Brian Wice and Kent Schaffer, are owed the $300-an-hour rate by the county that they were promised when they started on the case in 2015.
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Harris County judge sides with Ken Paxton’s prosecutors over pay dispute in securities fraud caseJudge Andrea Beall ruled Tuesday that the prosecutors, Brian Wice and Kent Schaffer, are owed the $300-an-hour rate by the county that they were promised when they started on the case in 2015.
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Harris County judge sides with Ken Paxton’s prosecutors over pay disputeJudge Andrea Beall ruled Tuesday that the prosecutors, Brian Wice and Kent Schaffer, are owed the $300-an-hour rate by the county that they were promised when they started on the case in 2015.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton’s special prosecutors should be paid, judge ordersA Harris County judge has ordered special prosecutors to be paid for their work prosecuting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Now, those attorneys are...
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