Former Gov. Jesse Ventura paid a surprise visit to the state Capitol Tuesday, but he didn't have politics on his mind.

Instead, Ventura stopped in to get a new "governor's ID card" from the Capitol Security office. Ventura says he calls it his "get-out-of-jail free card."

He tells the St. Paul Pioneer Press he's returning to his home in Mexico soon and he flashes the card when Mexican police try to shake him down at traffic stops.

While he says he's out of politics, he's not out of the spotlight.

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Ventura says he has finished filming seven TV shows on conspiracy theories for the Tru Network.He says he's also writing a book on conspiracy theories to be published next spring.

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Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press, http://www.twincities.com