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Friday, May 1, 2026

Texas House Speaker says taxpayers shouldn't cover AG Paxton's $3.3M whistleblower settlement - San Antonio Express-News

Paxton agreed to pay four former aides who accused him of taking bribes and abusing his office.

House Speaker Dade Phelan said he does not support the use of taxpayer dollars to fund Attorney General Ken Paxton’s $3.3 million settlement with four former aides who accused him of taking bribes.

Phelan, a Beaumont Republican, does not anticipate that the money will be included in the House budget, he said in a Wednesday interview with CBS DFW.

Cayla Harris covers state politics out of Hearst's Austin bureau. She previously covered New York state government for the Albany Times Union. She is a 2019 graduate of the George Washington University, where she studied journalism and Spanish. During her time in D.C., she interned for the Hearst Washington bureau.

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