AUSTIN, Texas — Attorney General Ken Paxton announced today, that he will no longer contest the facts of the whistleblower lawsuit brought against him by his former legal aides, alleging his misconduct in office. Paxton says, he's ready to end the long-running case against him and is prepared to accept any judgment that comes his way.
An attorney for one of the whistleblowers said Paxton is doing what he can to avoid answering questions in a deposition, but why? "The FBI is investigating him; he has a federal indictment case that has been languishing for eight years and he wants to avoid saying anything under oath that then can be used against him in those trials, and that's why it looks like he's turned over and said, I'm done with this one today," said St. Edwards Political Science Professor, Dr. Brian Smith.
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Paxton said he wants to put this lawsuit behind him to focus on being the state's top law enforcer. After months of denying whistleblower allegations, Dr. Joshua Blank with UT's Texas Politics Project said, now, he's changed his tune.
"Attorney General Paxton and his allies have gone to great lengths to paint everything about this investigation and the claims of the whistleblowers as false, but, when faced with a real courtroom as opposed to the Texas Senate, he's decided he would rather essentially say that he's guilty than actually face tough questions about what...
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