Attorney General Ken Paxton and three top aides will be deposed next month in the ongoing whistleblower lawsuit against the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) after the deposition dates were officially set by a Travis County judge.
Paxton will be deposed on February 1 at the Austin offices of Cain & Skarnulis, the law firm representing one of the whistleblower plaintiffs; First Assistant Attorney General Brent Webster’s deposal date is February 2, Chief of Staff Lesley French Henneke’s is February 7, and Senior Adviser Michelle Smith’s is February 9.
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