Attorneys and a judge say embattled Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s years-delayed trial on securities fraud charges will have to wait until his separate impeachment trial is concluded.

The attorney for Travis Scott shared new details about the flow of communication between Houston police, event security and Scott’s manager the night 10 people were crushed to death at the 2021 Astroworld Festival.

Prosecutors and an attorney for rap superstar Travis Scott say a grand jury has declined to indict him in a criminal investigation of a massive crowd surge that killed 10 people at the 2021 Astroworld music festival in Houston.

Special prosecutors Brian Wice, left, and Kent Schaffer enter the Collin County Courthouse during a pre-trial motion hearing for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, in McKinney. Paxton personally signed off on paying Cammack $300 an hour — exactly the rate promised to the two attorneys appointed to take Paxton to trial, who have not been paid since 2016 as Paxton’s political allies and defense attorneys call that figure exorbitant. Paxton has dismissed those allegations from his top staff as “false” accusations from “rogue employees.”Citing their policy, federal authorities have declined to confirm whether they are investigating Paxton. The issue of prosecutor pay in the securities fraud case against Paxton was raised by a Paxton donor, Jeff Blackard, in December 2015, when he sued, calling the fees exorbitant. Defense attorneys for Paxton did not immediately return a request for comment Monday.

A Harris County District Judge, who was indicted on wire fraud charges last year, has been arrested again, according to court records. According to court records, she fired a shotgun in the direction of a woman outside a home in the 1400 block of Jewel Meadow Drive on Monday. Smoots-Thomas was scheduled to appear in federal court in November on wire fraud charges for allegedly misusing campaign funds. The government has alleged that she used her campaign account to pay personal expenses, Schaffer said. Schaffer said his client is accused of using funds to pay her home mortgage and tuition for one of her children.