PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Ken Paxton's federal investigation dropped

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton’s current legal troubles may be over. The department of justice dropped it's abuse of power investigation against Paxton.

The Brief

• • A judge ruled that Texas Attorney General must pay $6.6m to four whistleblowers.
  • Paxton's former employees went to the FBI and accused the Attorney General of abusing his office.
  • Paxton was acquitted of his impeachment and the federal probe into his actions has allegedly been dropped.

AUSTIN - A Travis County judge has ordered Attorney General Ken Paxton to pay four whistleblowers $6.6 million.

Paxton Whistleblower Lawsuit

What we know:

Four of Paxton's former Attorney General's Office employees, Blake Brickman, David Maxwell, Mark Penley and Ryan Vassar, sued Paxton, saying he retaliated against them after they reported claims that he abused his office.

On Oct. 1, 2020, the whistleblowers notified Paxton and the Office of the Attorney General that they had gone to the FBI, accusing Paxton of using his office to help political donor and Austin real estate developer Nate Paul.

All four whistleblowers were fired by mid-November.

Judge Catherine A. Mauzy found that Paxton violated the Texas Whistleblower Act and ordered that Paxton must pay for compensation for lost wages, emotional pain, interest and legal fees to each of the whistleblowers.

In 2024, Paxton filed a motion to say that he was no longer contesting the lawsuit against him.

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