Lawyers for the four whistleblowers that were awarded a $3.3 million settlement in a lawsuit against Attorney General Ken Paxton are urging lawmakers to not oppose using taxpayer funds for the payment.
, a Plano Republican who leads the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee, have questioned the use of state dollars to pay Paxton’s settlement.
Paxton’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But in his initial statement responding to the settlement, he said he was saving taxpayers money by ending the litigation. The settlement agreement was announced last Friday and would include the $3.3 million payments to the four employees who were fired and lost wages after reporting what they believed to be Paxton’s crimes. It would also include an apology from Paxton, the retraction of a news release that called the former deputies “rogue employees” and a statement that neither side admits fault in the case.
In their statement, the attorneys told lawmakers that the former employees had unfairly lost their jobs and been smeared by Paxton in news stories for reporting what they believed to be serious crimes.
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