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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Nadia Lathan

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrongfully fired whistleblowers, judge rules

Texas Attorney General Investigation - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A district court judge has awarded more than $6 million combined to four whistleblowers in their lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton who were fired shortly after they reported him to the FBI.

“By a preponderance of the evidence,” Travis County Judge Catherine Mauzy says in her judgment, the plaintiffs proved liability, damages and attorney's fees in their complaint against the attorney general's office.

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