Anywhere else in Texas, you get indicted for a crime and tried for a crime in the county where the crime occurred.

Not so in Texas where Republicans in the Lege just voted themselves some real special  rules.  A new designation for elected representatives just passed the Texas House.

The vote for House Bill 1690 follows similar action in the Senate, which has signed off on giving lawmakers and other top-level state officials even more leeway in determining where they would face prosecution for abusing their positions.

If they go on a law-breaking frenzy in Austin, they want to be indicted and tried by their own District Attorney in their own county.  You know, their golfing buddy.  They are the only Texans who get this special treatment.  Life is very special for the special people.

It is likely that this came about due to the newly elected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is a double-geared lightning sleezeball.  This guy is low enough to steal an expensive writing implement at the body scanning machine and get fined for criminal securities fraud.

His buddy and business partner is the District Attorney in Paxton’s home county, Collin (think Fort Worth).  Right after Ken got fined for securities fraud, Ken conducted “an investigation” of himself.  Shockingly, after a completely detailed and exhaustive investigation, Ken found that Ken was not guilty of any wrongdoing.  Texans slept better that night.

The district attorney in my county has never ever investigated anybody accused of Republican political mischief, even though we gave him living proof of one of them voting in two states.

The Republicans in the Texas Lege just handed themselves a Get Out Of Jail Free card.

Thanks to AlaninAustin for the heads up.