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Texas AG Ken Paxton s Office Says Whistleblower Protections Don t Extend to His Accusers On 3/2/21 at 6:47 PM EST Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton s office says whistleblower claims against him should be thrown out because he s technically not a state employee, but rather an elected official. The embattled attorney general stands accused of widespread bribery and corruption claims from eight former staffers in his office. Four of them say they were fired after reporting Paxton s numerous illegal activities to the FBI and Texas Rangers last year a move which is illegal under the protections of the Texas Whistleblower Act. But Paxton s office on Monday unsuccessfully tried to convince a Travis County judge that Paxton is not actually an employee of the Office of the Attorney General. Instead, lawyer William Helfand argued Paxton is an elected official whose alleged bribes of a campaign donor should not be subject to a whistleblower lawsuit. ....
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. ....