Breaking: Texas AG Ken Paxton Has Been Arrested And Booked On Securities Fraud Charges

Ken Paxton, the Attorney General for the State of Texas, has just been arrested booked after a grand jury indicted him.

At about 10:30 AM local time, Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton turned himself in to authorities at the Collin County Jail. He was arrested and booked on two first-degree securities fraud charges, and one charge of third-degree failure to register with the State Securities Board. First-degree felony charges carry a sentence of 5 to 99 years if convicted.

Paxton was fingerprinted and had his mug shot, above, taken.

Last Tuesday, as NCRM reported over the weekend, Paxton was indicted by a grand jury and the charges were immediately sealed. They ware expected to be unsealed this afternoon.

His “mugshot, showing him with a crooked smile, was quickly released to the public — drawing inevitably comparisons to booking photos of then-U.S. Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who chose a wide smile in 2005, and then-Gov. Rick Perry, who wore a genial smile last year,” the Austin Statesman reports.

Paxton won’t be arraigned for several weeks.

 

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Image: Collin County
Hat tip: Dallas Voice