Four former top deputies under Ken Paxton want their day in court in a whistleblower lawsuit against their former boss. They filed a court brief at the Texas...
contingent on required approval by the Legislature. However, this year’s legislative session came and went with the House ultimately refusing to fund the payout with state dollars.
The funding request triggered a House investigation into the whistleblowers’ accusations that formed the basis of many articles of impeachment that state representatives approved in May. Paxton beat those charges after a majority of the Senate voted to clear him of all charges on Sept. 16.The whistleblower suit has remained stalled in the Texas Supreme Court. The whistleblowers now argue that since it is unclear whether the Legislature will ever fund the settlement, their case must move forward.
The attorney general’s office did not respond to a request for comment. In a previous filing, the office argued that no time limit was placed on the contingent legislative approval required to fund the settlement. Paxton has said that he only agreed to settle the case because he believes he will not receive fair treatment in liberal Travis County, where his case is set in a district court helmed by a Democrat judge.In that district court, Brickman vowed on Monday that the whistleblowers would force Paxton to testify about their allegations, something the attorney general avoided in his impeachment trial.
“If the Legislature chooses to fund it, that’s great,” Brickman said. “If they choose not to fund it, then we’re asking the Supreme Court to rule and let us go back to the district court.”. Philip Jankowski has covered government, politics and criminal justice in Texas for 13 years. He previously worked for the Austin American-Statesman, the Killeen Daily Herald and the Taylor Press. Philip is a graduate of the University of Texas-Austin.
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