Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton could face a potentially expensive and uncomfortable jury trial to defend himself against former deputies after a Travis County judge declined Wednesday to end the case in the whistleblowers’ favor without a trial. The decision by Judge Catherine Mauzy means that Paxton, who announced that he won’t contest the facts […]
The Texas supreme court has agreed to temporarily halt state attorney general Ken Paxton’s scheduled testimony in a whistleblower lawsuit, a case that lies at the heart of the impeachment charges brought against him in 2023. Mr Paxton had urged the all-Republican court to block his deposition scheduled for Thursday morning, and the court agreed […]
After another round of unsuccessful appeals to quash his testimony under oath and end a wrongful termination lawsuit that kick-started a Texas House investigation that led to his impeachment, a defiant Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the Texas Supreme Court on Monday to again consider overturning his court-ordered deposition. Paxton, who has continuously tried to […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced Thursday he is suing the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, alleging the company “misrepresented” the effectiveness of its widely administered COVID-19 vaccine. In his announcement, Paxton accused Pfizer of violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by making “false, deceptive, and misleading acts and practices by making unsupported claims regarding […]