Gallagher said Harris County was a logical choice because attorneys for both the prosecutor and the defense both reside in the Houston area, and that there were adequate facilities to hold the trial in Harris County. A new trial date hasn't been set. Collin County voters favored Trump 56 percent to 39 percent.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a petition challenging a final rule imposed by the federal Department of Transportation's Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).
North Texas boasts some of the most solidly Republican counties in the nation, while Harris County easily went for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump previous year 42 to 54 percent.
Chilliwack marks 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge victory
Delivering part of his address in French Charles added: "We honour those who served so gallantly, and who gave so much". CORRECTION - April 9: An earlier version of this story mistakenly captioned a photo of Gov.
Defense lawyers opposed the move, denying that there was any effort to sway potential jurors and arguing that Paxton had a right to be tried in his home county.
Legislators in the nation's largest conservative state of Texas sought Tuesday to chip away at the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage, voting to let county judges and other elected. They also presented Gallagher with a survey showing that most Collin County residents had formed no opinions about Paxton's innocence or the case against him.
Paxton was charged by a Collin County grand jury in 2015 with a third-degree felony count of failing to register with the Texas Securities Board and two first-degree felony counts of securities fraud. If convicted, Paxton would face five to 99 years in prison.
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