Blake Brickman, one of four whistleblowers who filed a lawsuit against the Attorney General's Office for being wrongfully fired, isn't impressed with Ken Paxton's latest filing in the case, which says his office will no longer contest the allegations against him.
"It's remarkable, a complete 180 he's done."
In the same court filing Thursday his office wouldn't admit to any guilt.
"There should be no doubt, however, that nothing stated herein should be construed as an admission that the OAG, its employees, or the Attorney General violated any State or federal law."
Brickman said, "He cannot stop his deposition in this case, and what he's doing is saying I'm going to concede the facts. I'm going to allow a judgment to be entered. But I didn't break the law. Our entire case is about whether he broke the whistleblower law or not, so he can't have his cake and eat it too."
Despite Paxton's filing, the judge in the case ordered him Friday to sit for his deposition under oath on February 1 in Austin.
Other top staffers of his have been ordered to sit for a deposition days later.
The case is related to Paxton's impeachment trial last year, where the Texas Senate acquitted him on all impeachment articles that accused him of running the office to benefit Nate Paul, a campaign donor.
He denied any wrongdoing.
On the campaign trail for some Republican candidates, Paxton is still criticizing the Texas House for impeaching him.
On Tuesday in Rockwall he said, "They didn't let me know...
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