Paxton agreed to a deal to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution, complete community service and go through ethics training.

The dismissal brings about an end to a long-running legal saga involving Paxton, who also faced an impeachment trial on unrelated allegations in 2023.

Reitz, formerly a key cog in Texas’ conservative legal pipeline, once said the AG’s office is at war with “the forces that want to destroy the American order.”