AUSTIN — Attorney General Ken Paxton has once again failed to remove the judge presiding over his criminal case.On Thursday morning, Paxton's attorneys were told their latest request that Judge George Gallagher be forced to step down could not be honored. Why? The court they asked does not have the authority to make this decision."The undersigned does not have that power," Judge Mary Murphy, presiding judge in the First Administrative Judicial Region, wrote in an email. The decision, she said, lies with "the trial court and the appellate courts." Continue reading...
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