The Texas Supreme Court has thrown Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for a loss in the lawsuit brought against him by the whistleblowers who started the whole impeachment case.
Without comment, the High Court pulled the lawsuit out of abatement and reinstated it. The whistleblowers were the ones who claimed Paxton was doing favors for a campaign donor by misusing his office.
During the impeachment trial whistleblowers like David Maxwell, who was the chief of investigations, testified.
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"It was improper because Nate Paul was a criminal and Ken Paxton was using the office to try it to his benefit," Maxwell said at the impeachment hearing.
The whistleblowers won the right to go to trial, something out of the 3rd Court of Appeals in Austin. This ruling upholds that order, effectively ordering the case to go to trial.
The lawsuit had been put in abatement while the impeachment process continued.
You may remember the whistleblowers agreed to settle for $3.3 Million, but the Texas Legislature balked at having taxpayers foot the bill for that payout.