Looking at the distance the interview is not even the most interesting, the most extraordinary fact is that the current Texas attorney general, on the job for more than 10 years:

- Had his own defense lawyer endorse his Democratic opponent.

- Eight of his own senior aides reported him to the FBI.

- A security camera recorded him taking another lawyer’s $1,000 pen.

- Accumulated a 15 property portfolio worth $9 million while earning a $153,750 government salary.

- Sixty Republicans in the Texas House voted to impeach him.

- Accepted a $100,000 legal defense gift from a businessman whose company had faced a Medicaid billing investigation.

- Admitted violating securities-registration requirements.

What an endorsement of a large fringe of US voters...