The Decade-Long Dismissal

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Ken Paxton spent nearly a decade under felony indictment. The prosecutors went unpaid for seven years. The case ended with no trial, no verdict, and no admission of guilt. Full story and sources:

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RECEIPTS (the sources behind this episode): • Ken Paxton's felony case dismissed after completing pretrial diversion progra...: https://www.fox26houston.com/news/texas-ken-paxton-felony-securities-fraud-dismissed • Ken Paxton Securities Fraud — Felony Indictments: https://www.thepaxtonrecord.com/securities-fraud.html • Ken Paxton - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Paxton • Court Rules Prosecutors in Paxton Fraud Case Should Not Receive Any More Pay: https://www.houstonpress.com/news/court-rules-prosecutors-in-paxton-fraud-case-should-not-receive-any-more-pay-18741626/ • Texas appeals court halts order to pay lawyers who prosecuted AG Ken Paxton |...: https://www.kut.org/politics/2024-08-15/ken-paxton-ag-texas-prosecutors-pay-court-appeal-decision-ruling • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton makes deal to end securities fraud charges...: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-makes-deal-to-end-securities-charges-weeks-before-trial • Felony charges against Ken Paxton to be dropped: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/26/ken-paxton-plea-deal-securities-fraud-felony/ • Attorney General Ken Paxton’s former aides win $6.6 million in whistleblower...: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/04/ken-paxton-whistleblower-case-judgment/ • Ken Paxton's impeachment will cost Texas taxpayers $12M+: https://couriertexas.com/news/politics/ken-paxton-corruption-tab/ • Ken Paxton Impeachment — Full Timeline & Vote Record | The Paxton Files: https://ken-paxton.com/topics/impeachment/ • Still No Trial for Texas AG Ken Paxton 7 Years After Felony Securities Fraud... (on screen at the open): https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/politics/texas-politics/still-no-trial-for-texas-ag-ken-paxton-7-years-after-felony-securities-fraud-charges/2974970/ • Texas AG Paxton settles securities-fraud investigation, ending decadelong leg... (on screen at the open): https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/politics/texas-ag-paxton-settles-case/index.html • Paxton Surrenders in Securities Fraud Indictment (on screen at the open): https://www.texastribune.org/2015/08/03/paxton-set-surrender-securities-fraud-indictment/ • Bombshell deposition surfaces from scandal that got Ken Paxton indicted for f... (on screen at 0m41s): https://www.rawstory.com/ken-paxton-indictment-new-report/ • Ken Paxton spotted in 2025 video with man wanted by U.S. Justice Department (on screen at 0m41s): https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2026/10/14/ken-paxton-spotted-with-man-wanted-by-us-justice-department/ • texas attorney general speaking to a group wearing a blue suit and blue strip... (on screen at 0m41s): https://texasstandard.org/stories/criminal-case-against-texas-attorney-general-hits-six-year-mark/ • texastribune.org (on screen at 0m59s): https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/03/ken-paxton-securities-fraud-courtroom/ • Texas AG Ken Paxton, official portrait (on screen at 1m24s): https://www.metroweekly.com/2022/12/texas-ag-allegedly-tried-to-compile-statewide-list-of-transgender-people/texas-ag-ken-paxton-official-portrait/ • Ken-Paxton--TheWoodlandsTX--01072025 (on screen at 1m24s): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ken-Paxton--TheWoodlandsTX--01072025.jpg • AmericaFest 2025 - Ken Paxton 03 (on screen at 1m24s): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AmericaFest_2025_-_Ken_Paxton_03.jpg • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attends a campaign event in Bulverde in May... (on screen at 1m51s): https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/26/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-subpoena-abortion-lawsuit/ • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sits with his wife and State Sen. Angela Pa... (on screen at 1m51s): https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/21/ken-paxton-divorce-angela-seal-media-lawsuit/ • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife Senator Angela Paxton wave to... (on screen at 1m51s): https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/angela-paxton-divorce-texas-attorney-general-ken/ • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sits with state Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKin... (on screen at 1m51s): https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/18/texas-ken-paxton-angela-divorce-case/ • Ken Paxton 2024 (cropped) (on screen at 2m51s): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ken_Paxton_2024_(cropped).jpg

Short cuts

part · 120s

The state's top law enforcement officer spent nearly a decade under felony indictment.

part · 96s

The people tasked with holding the Attorney General accountable were not paid for seven years.

part · 88s

The Attorney General of Texas, taking ethics courses.

part · 94s

A number that is now on your tab.

part · 146s

This was his own party looking at the evidence and saying, we have a problem.

aspire · 30s

That is not the plot of a bad legal drama. That is the last ten years in Texas.

aspire · 37s

We keep the receipts. We keep the paper.

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