Texas AG Ken Paxton Says His Office Will Stop Litigation in So-called ‘Whistleblower’ Lawsuit

Published on January 19, 2024

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will no longer contest the lawsuit brought against him by a group of former employees who accused him of wrongful firings in 2020. On Thursday, the attorney general’s office announced that it filed an amended response in a district court in Travis County. The 474-page document notifies the judge that the agency would not further contest the proceedings in the case. “Now, in the best interests of the State of Texas, the Office of the Attorney General is moving on from an employment lawsuit against the agency by four employees that presents the same issues brought against Attorney General Paxton in the impeachment trial,” the agency said in a news release. “The OAG has made the determination that these bad-faith efforts to prolong legal proceedings are an unjustifiable waste of taxpayer resources and an intolerable distraction that risks compromising state business.”...

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