AUSTIN, Texas – Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office made its case on Tuesday for state budget writers to fund a $3.3 million whistleblower settlement, saying the cost to keep fighting the lawsuit would be far higher.
But the attorney general ducked a question about whether he would tap his own campaign coffers if the Legislature won’t pay the tab with taxpayer dollars.
Paxton and his agency faced lawmakers for the first time Tuesday since agreeing to settle a whistleblower lawsuit with four former high-ranking employees who alleged retaliation after accusing Paxton of serious crimes.
