Texas Supreme Court rejected Ken Paxton's bid to block his sworn testimony in a whistleblower lawsuit filed by his former top deputies. The deputies assert Paxton sacked them after claims he was bribery-linked and exercised power abusively to help developer Nate Paul. Paxton continues to face other legal troubles after his acquittal on impeachment articles.
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.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
www.austinchronicle.comRecords don’t name the attorney general’s office, but their details line up with the accusations former top deputies made against Paxton.
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