AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — In a court filing Thursday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton decided not to contest allegations against him in the ongoing whistleblower lawsuit that led to his historic impeachment last year.
In both the filing and in a statement, Paxton said that the decision to accept a judgment from the court and not challenge any of the facts was made to end what he called wasteful litigation and get back to going after his top enemy, President Joe Biden.
“By taking this action, the Office of the Attorney General has put an end to the plaintiffs’ long-running political stunt and re-committed the entirety of agency expertise and resources to our urgent legal initiatives, including our era-defining immigration lawsuits against the Biden Administration,” said Paxton.
While the filing purports to seek an end to the yearslong legal battle with the whistleblowers, the attorney general strikes a particularly defiant tone, describing the four plaintiffs as “rouge employees” with a vendetta against the third-term Republican. Paxton further argues that the whistleblowers are essentially seeking a “do-over” in state court after the Texas Senate acquitted Paxton on all charges during his impeachment.
Thomas Nesbitt, an attorney representing Blake Brickman in the case, said in an interview that the filing will do nothing to end the lawsuit his client and three others brought against their former boss under the Texas Whistleblowers Act. Calling the filing a “stunning tucking...
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