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The lawsuit made its way to the Texas Supreme Court in 2023 before Paxton agreed to pay the attorneys $3.3 million and issue an apology, according to the Texas Tribune. However, the payment would come out of state funds, and required approval of the Texas legislature.
After the agreement was made, state Rep. Jeff Leach, (R-Plano), who oversees the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee, told the Tribune he felt “troubled that hardworking taxpayers might be on the hook for this settlement between the Attorney General and former employees of his office.”
As the whistleblower case and FBI investigations led the legislature into its own impeachment trial of Paxton in 2023, the lawsuit bounced around the legal system, until in April of 2025 a judge ruled against Paxton and ordered a payout of $6.6 million to the fired attorneys, the Tribune reported.
According to the Tribune, Paxton initially appealed the ruling, calling it “ridiculous judgement that is not based on the facts or the law,” but dropped the appeal in July, leaving the legislature to once again approve to foot the multimillion bill.
2020: Sued for Firing Whistleblowers
After reporting Paxton to the FBI in 2020, at least four of the attorneys who worked in his office were fired, and promptly sued the attorney general for violating the Texas Whistleblower Act, which prohibits employers from taking action against public employees who report violations of the law.The lawsuit made its way to the Texas Supreme Court in 2023 before Paxton agreed to pay the attorneys $3.3 million and issue an apology, according to the Texas Tribune. However, the payment would come out of state funds, and required approval of the Texas legislature.
After the agreement was made, state Rep. Jeff Leach, (R-Plano), who oversees the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee, told the Tribune he felt “troubled that hardworking taxpayers might be on the hook for this settlement between the Attorney General and former employees of his office.”
As the whistleblower case and FBI investigations led the legislature into its own impeachment trial of Paxton in 2023, the lawsuit bounced around the legal system, until in April of 2025 a judge ruled against Paxton and ordered a payout of $6.6 million to the fired attorneys, the Tribune reported.
According to the Tribune, Paxton initially appealed the ruling, calling it “ridiculous judgement that is not based on the facts or the law,” but dropped the appeal in July, leaving the legislature to once again approve to foot the multimillion bill.
