state high court denied Ken Paxton's motion to halt his sworn testimony in a former-deputies whistleblower lawsuit filed by his top former deputies. The deputies assert Paxton sacked them after claims he engaged in bribery and exercised power abusively to benefit developer Nate Paul. the attorney general has other legal troubles following his Senate acquittal.
Less than a year into his first term, Paxton was charged with felony securities fraud. The Justice Department is investigating bribery allegations against him as a Texas House committee conducts its own probe into his behavior.
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www.austinchronicle.comTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton was recently acquitted by the state Senate on 16 articles of impeachment, but he still has multiple legal battles ahead
abcnews.go.comRecords don’t name the attorney general’s office, but their details line up with the accusations former top deputies made against Paxton.
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