One factor that comes to mind, that many might not realize.... He turned a fine, which would be a personal expense, into a donation to a charity, which is a tax deduction. 3D chess.
Yes, speaking as a non-American - US elections are a joke and politicians are obviously appointed rather than voted in. The US election system is a sham and obviously so. Piles of evidence to this are ignored by US courts because of missing laws backing election procedures.
So they have finally done an official study on what everyone who was watching could see. Having surgery to validate your mental health issues won’t fix your mental health issues!
That’s been my argument all along. Better to know who you’re dealing with (or not, as it were) rather than have laws that cover up the bigotry and racism of the left.