AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) — A Texas judge denied a request from Attorney General Ken Paxton's office to enter a final judgment in the case involving his lawsuit with several whistleblowers.

Paxton's motion to enter a final judgment came amid efforts to force the attorney general to sit for a deposition in the case. He said he would not contest the allegations, but at the same time labeled the claims as false.

Travis County Judge Catherine Mauzy noted that those two notions—that they would not contest the claims but also calling them false—meant that the case was not ready for a final judgment, ruling against the attorney general.

Paxton's attorneys did not answer any of the reporters' questions on Wednesday.

Our clients like to follow the law, unlike Ken Paxton," T.J. Turner, an attorney for David Maxwell, one of the whistleblowers, told reporters, speaking alongside the other whistleblowers' attorneys. “What the Supreme Court has told us, in the case law we discussed today, is that the plaintiffs are not only entitled to but must put on evidence and prove their case.”

Paxton has spent the previous several months making repeated attempts to avoid sitting for an on-the-record deposition, largely without success, though on Tuesday the Texas Supreme Court ordered to pause depositions until further discussion.

In an order without any explanation, the state’s Supreme Court stayed the deposition, which was set to take place on February 1, and requested responses by February 29....

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