A Travis County judge opted to move forward with Monday's hearing without ruling on the motion to dismiss the whistleblower lawsuit. Late Monday night, an appeals court halted the second day of proceedings at the request of the agency's attorney.
Four former Texas Attorney General’s Office staffers fired after they accused Ken Paxton of criminal corruption say their former boss went to “bizarre” lengths to use his office to help a campaign donor.
State Attorney General Ken Paxton waits on the flight line for the arrival of Vice President Mike Pence at Love Field in Dallas on June 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
AUSTIN, Texas (CN) The Texas Attorney General’s Office asked a state judge Monday to dismiss a lawsuit in which four former staffers claim they were fired because they reported to the FBI they believed Attorney General Ken Paxton had illegally used his position to benefit a campaign donor.
Lawyer for Texas attorney general’s office repeatedly tries to block testimony and evidence at whistleblower hearing
Texas Tribune
Tags: A judge refused Monday to immediately grant a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by four former aides fired from Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office after they joined other agency employees last year in accusing the attorney general of abusing the use of office and bribery.
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The first hearing in a whistleblower lawsuit against the Texas Attorney general’s office mostly consisted of objections Monday as the agency’s lawyer opposed the vast majority of questions lawyers asked two former agency employees who testified.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the subject of another witch hunt, which he has repeatedly been targeted with almost from the moment of his initial election to that post in 2014 as a tea party candidate.
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Enemigos are all playing their part in voter suppression and poor pandemic planning. But, let’s turn first to Paxton’s recent reviews.
Every Republican official in Texas with a functioning conscience knows what should be done with our long-indicted, oft-accused, hitherto unaccountable Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton… Paxton should be scrubbed from the Office of Attorney General with the thoroughness one applies to disinfecting any other contaminated surface… Any number of disinfectants might work against the stains left by a man who has managed to avoid trial for five long years on securities fraud charges and finally last year saw seven of his own top aides at the AG’s office allege that Paxton committed bribery and abuse of office in his efforts to help a campaign donor.