A liberal Travis County judge on Friday handed down a $6.6 million judgment against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office, rewarding four disgruntled ex-aides who ran to the FBI without a single piece of evidence — all in a blatant attempt to take down the most pro-Trump Attorney General in the country.
Judge Catherine Mauzy sided with the so-called “whistleblowers” — Blake Brickman, Mark Penley, David Maxwell, and Ryan Vassar — who claimed they were wrongfully terminated after accusing Paxton of misconduct.
The plaintiffs claimed they were wrongfully terminated in 2020. Rather than litigate the case, the OAG was essentially boxed out of defending itself thanks to legal maneuvering and judicial “estoppel,” which prevented them from contesting liability or damages after earlier legal steps.
Now, the taxpayers of Texas are footing the bill — to the tune of…
