Paxton whistleblowers have done their part for justice | Opinion
There is no cause of action that the whistleblowers could have asserted against Attorney General Ken Paxton personally for a violation of the Texas Whistleblower Act, write the whistleblowers’ lawyers.In September of 2020, eight individuals in the highest positions at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas — all of them loyal Republicans — did an extraordinary and courageous thing for the people of Texas.
The whistleblower suit is currently pending at the Texas Supreme Court on appeal of an esoteric argument made by the attorney general. Recently, the Office of the Attorney General and the whistleblowers reached a settlement where the whistleblowers would receive $3.3 million to compensate them for lost wages, compensatory damages and attorneys’ fees incurred in the 2-year-old court battle.
The suggestion that the whistleblowers should be forced to continue their lawsuit so discovery in the suit can be used to investigate the attorney general’s conduct is also unfair. The whistleblowers did their part. They reported illegal conduct to law enforcement and, in return, lost their careers. It is law enforcement’s job to investigate these allegations, which it appears they continue to do.
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