From "Why Texas Republicans are Souring on Crypto" from The Economist https://archive.ph/eIXGc
Their AG was brazenly criminal. Yet somehow it took nine fucking years for his case to go to trial. And after it did - it quickly ended and all that happened was he had to pay a fine.
The criminal case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on securities fraud charges has ended after nine years — a span during which the Republican was reelected twice, impeached and acquitted, and emerged more politically powerful than ever.
He will stay in office and must pay nearly $300,000 in restitution under an agreement announced in a Houston courtroom Tuesday.