"Texas AG Ken Paxton Ends Litigation in Whistleblower Case, Accepts Judgment"

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that he will no longer contest the facts of the whistleblower lawsuit against him and is prepared to accept any judgment, seeking to end the long-running legal battle. The lawsuit, brought by four former top deputies, alleges they were fired for reporting Paxton to the FBI for alleged abuses of office. Paxton's office portrayed the move as a way to end the costly and distracting litigation, but the whistleblowers' lawyer called it a desperate stunt to prevent the truth from coming out. Paxton has been trying to derail the lawsuit since his impeachment trial, but multiple judges have rejected his arguments, and a Travis County district judge ordered the case to move forward with depositions.