His lawyer, Dan Cogdell, predicted that the securities case would be quickly dealt with.
He was less willing to make a prediction about the investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department’s public integrity section.
Mr. Paxton has faced a cloud of legal troubles since he was sworn in as attorney general in 2015, replacing Greg Abbott, who is now governor.
He has been twice re-elected, in part by aligning himself with the right-leaning politics championed by former President Donald J. Trump.
Voters delivered comfortable victories to Mr. Paxton even after his indictment and after several of his top aides came forward with claims that he had abused his office by helping a wealthy donor, the subject of the recent attempt to oust him from office.
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