The attorney general — who was acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial earlier this month — settled with the four former employees in February for $3.3 million, but the Texas Legislature has so far declined to approve the funds.
From left, Ryn Vassar, Blake Brickman and Mark Penley, three of four former deputies who brought a suit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, speak at a news conference at the Capitol on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.
James Blake Brickman, J. Mark Penley, David Maxwell and Ryan Vassar are part of a group of whistleblowers who, in 2020, reported Paxton to the FBI. They accused the embattled Republican of engaging in bribery while using his office to shield a political donor from a federal investigation. "The Office of the Attorney General will respond to the so-called whistleblower plaintiffs’ comments in a written response to be filed with the Texas Supreme Court — consistent with that Court’s procedures — as opposed to staging a press event in the state Capitol," communications director Paige Willey wrote in an email to the Texas Newsroom.
But the settlement agreement was contingent on the Texas Legislature approving the funds — something that has not happened. The Republican-led House and Senate chambers adjourned the regular session in May without appropriating the money. Penley, one of the plaintiffs in the case, said it should be up to a jury to decide whether Paxton violated the law or not.
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