Paxton Partied with Federal Fugitives in Dubai. The GOP Knew and Said Nothing.

Let Me Make This Make Sense, Because I Cannot Do It Alone

Ken Paxton. Attorney General of Texas. New Year’s 2024. Dubai. Two American fugitives. A luxury high-rise. And the Wall Street Journal just reported that the Republican Party already knew about this.

Hollywood is officially out of a job.

I am going to walk you through exactly what happened here, because the details are not just politically embarrassing. They are a masterclass in how power protects itself while the rest of us play by the rules.

The Guest List Nobody Should Be Comfortable With

At this Dubai celebration, Paxton was not just letting loose on New Year’s. He was doing it with:

• Anash Ahmed, a healthcare executive and federal fugitive who had donated $190,000 to Paxton, including $25,000 just days after being indicted on federal charges
• Samir Suhail, also indicted, also a fugitive, also very much not in a U.S. federal courtroom where he belongs
• These two men allegedly embezzled $15 million from a Chicago hospital
• Ahmed faces charges in a separate scheme involving $195 million in fraudulent COVID-19 test payments

And the man hanging out with them was the chief law enforcement officer of the state of Texas.

COVID Fraud: The Scandal That Keeps on Giving

I have to say it again because it never stops being true. The COVID money flood was the greatest gift to con artists in the history of this planet. No oversight. No controls. Billions out the door on a handshake and a fraudulent form.

The government essentially ran a self-service fraud buffet and then acted surprised when people helped themselves. Ahmed allegedly walked away with nearly $195 million in fake COVID test billing. That money came from you. From taxpayers. From the same people who were told to trust their government during a crisis.

And one of his biggest political connections was the Attorney General of Texas.

The Endorsement Nobody Can Explain

Trump endorsed Paxton. Everyone reportedly told him not to. He did it anyway. And you know what? Paxton might win. A Democrat has not won a statewide office in Texas since 1994. The math could still work.

But here is what I need someone to explain to me:

• How does a party that hammered Minnesota healthcare fraud cases defend this?
• How does a $190,000 donor who gets indicted and then flees the country not register as a problem?
• How does the party not see that what plays in Texas gets used as ammunition everywhere else?

The Pattern Is Always the Same

I spent years on Wall Street. I have spent years since then exposing what goes on behind closed doors. And I can tell you this pattern is not new.

When the people in charge of enforcement get too close to the people they are supposed to be watching, fraud wins. Every single time. It does not matter if we are talking about a brokerage firm, a healthcare executive, or a federal fugitive partying in Dubai with the Attorney General who was supposed to uphold the law.

The rules only work when the people enforcing them are not on the guest list.

That is the lesson here. And until voters, consumers, and ordinary Americans start demanding actual accountability instead of accepting party loyalty as a substitute for integrity, nothing changes. The fugitives keep partying. The donors keep writing checks. And the rest of us keep paying for it.