state high court denied Ken Paxton's motion to block his sworn testimony in a whistleblower lawsuit brought by his top former deputies. The deputies assert Paxton improperly fired them after allegations he engaged in bribery and exercised power abusively to help developer Nate Paul. the attorney general also faces other cases after his impeachment acquittal.
Less than a year into his first term, Paxton was charged with felony securities fraud. The Justice Department is investigating bribery allegations against him as a Texas House committee conducts its own probe into his behavior.
www.texastribune.orgRecords don’t name the attorney general’s office, but their details line up with the accusations former top deputies made against Paxton.
www.texastribune.orgTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton was recently acquitted by the state Senate on 16 articles of impeachment, but he still has multiple legal battles ahead
abcnews.go.comAll suits and no empathy makes Pax the bane of our existence
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