"Texas AG Ken Paxton Resolves Fraud Charges with Community Service and Ethics Training Deal"

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has reached an 18-month pretrial intervention agreement to resolve his 9-year-old securities fraud charges, which includes serving 100 hours of community service, enrolling in 15 hours of legal ethics training, and paying $271,000 in total restitution to investors. The agreement allows Paxton to walk away with no charges if he meets the deal's requirements. The case took nine years to resolve due to various delays, and Paxton still faces a federal investigation in a separate matter over allegations of abusing his position to help a real estate developer.