April 5, 2025 2:49 PM PT
A district court judge has awarded $6.6 million combined to four whistleblowers in their lawsuit against Texas Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton who were fired shortly after they reported him to the FBI.
“By a preponderance of the evidence,” Travis County Judge Catherine Mauzy said in her judgment Friday, the plaintiffs proved liability, damages and attorney’s fees in their complaint against the attorney general’s office.
“Because the Office of the Attorney General violated the Texas Whistleblower Act by firing and otherwise retaliating against the plaintiff for in good faith reporting violations of law by Ken Paxton and OAG, the court hereby renders judgment for plaintiffs,” Mauzy wrote.
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