Texas House Speaker says taxpayers shouldn't cover AG Paxton's $3.3M whistleblower settlement

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Texas House Speaker says taxpayers shouldn't cover AG Paxton's $3.3M whistleblower settlement
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Paxton agreed to pay four former aides who accused him of taking bribes and abusing his...

Dade Phelan speaks during a reception at the Texas Republican Convention in downtown Houston on Thursday, June 16, 2022.with four former aides who accused him of taking bribes.

“Mr. Paxton is going to have to come to the Texas House, he’s going to have to appear before the appropriations committee and make a case to that committee as to why that is a proper use of taxpayer dollars,” Phelan said. “And then he’s going to have to sell it to 76 members of the Texas House. That is his job, not mine.”

Under the settlement agreement, Paxton also agreed to apologize to the whistleblowers and remove a press release from his website that had criticized them.

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