A district court judge has ruled in favor of four whistleblowers who said that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton retaliated against them for reporting bribery allegations, awarding his employees more than $6 million combined in damages. In her judgment, Travis County Judge Catherine Mauzy says that Paxton violated state law by firing the former employees after they brought forth bribery allegations against his office in 2020. Paxton was under federal investigation for accusations that he used his office to benefit a wealthy real estate developer. He was also impeached then later acquitted by the Texas Senate for the corruption allegations.
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