The Latest Breaking News from Kent Schaffer

Nine Years, Nine Lives: Paxton’s Latest Legal Escape

For all the emphasis placed on his alleged fraud, the attorney general was never headed for prison—at least not on these charges.

Texas Observer · Apr 5, 2024

Judge rejects attempts to toss indictments against Texas AG Ken Paxton, keeps April trial on course

Paxton’s securities fraud trial will kick off on April 15. He has been under indictment for nearly nine years. He has pleaded not guilty.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 16, 2024

Harris County judge sides with Ken Paxton’s prosecutors over pay dispute in securities fraud case

Judge 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.

The Texas Tribune · Nov 2, 2023

Rapper Travis Scott won’t face criminal charges in Astroworld crowd surge

A massive crowd surge killed 10 people at the 2021 music festival in Houston.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 29, 2023

Rapper Travis Scott will not face criminal charges in Astroworld crowd surge, his lawyer says

An attorney for rapper Travis Scott says a grand jury has declined to indict him in a criminal investigation into a massive crowd surge that killed 10 people at the 2021 Astroworld music festival in Houston

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2023

Travis Scott faces possible criminal charges over deadly Astroworld crush

10 people were killed in November 2021 tragedy

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2023

D.C.-based DOJ investigators take over corruption probe into Attorney General Ken Paxton

Paxton’s lawyer had argued that federal prosecutors based out of San Antonio had an “obvious conflict” in the investigation.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 16, 2023

Timberwolves’ Taurean Prince’s Arrest Was From Drug, Weapon Charges

The forward was arrested at a Miami International Airport on Thursday.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 27, 2022