Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton gets off fraud charges by paying $300k and promising to attend two days ethics training

Ken Paxton, Texas’s Attorney General, was indicted on felony fraud charges many years ago: he helped bilk investors in a startup. For years he was able to delay his own trial, but it was finally scheduled for April—until today, when prosecutors suddenly dropped the charges in return for him paying $300,000 in restitution to his victims, performing 100 hours of community service, and attending 15 hours of ethics training. — Read the rest

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