Judge awards $6.6M to whistleblowers who were fired after reporting Texas AG Ken Paxton to FBI
A Local court judge It granted 6.6 million dollars combined to four informants who filed a lawsuit against the Texas Pafeston Public Prosecutor for allegations that he fired them for a profit to inform him of the FBI.
Blake Breakman, David Maxwell, Mark Benley and Rayan Vasar notified Paxon and his office on October 1, 2020, that they had informed him of the FBI alleging his office’s misuse. All four were launched by mid -November.
On Friday, the Tervis County Mawzi Provincial Judge, through “the prevalence of evidence”, proved the amount of responsibility, damage and law fees in their complaint against the Prosecutor’s Office.
The referee says that the former assistants have reports to the implementation of the federal law “in good faith” and that the Backston office did not oppose any claims or damage to the case.
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A judge granted $ 6.6 million to four informants who filed a lawsuit against the Texas Pafeston Public Prosecutor for the allegations that he had been reported to the FBI. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
“Because the Prosecutor’s Office violated the Texas Law for informants of the amounts by shooting and taking revenge on the plaintiff in good faith to report violations of the law by Ken Buckston and Auj, the court, according to this, issued the ruling on the prosecutors,” Mawzi wrote its ruling.
The court found that the four former assistants of the public lawyer were expelled in response to the allegations that he was using his office to accept bribes from the real estate developer in Austin and the political donor Nate Paul, who was working as a woman who had Pakston had an external relationship.
Buckston denied allegations that before bribes or abused his office to help Paul.
“All Texas should be shocked by the chief law enforcement employee, Ken Backston, admitted the violation of the law, but this is exactly what happened in this case,” said Tom Nesbit, a lawyer who represents Brexman and T -Turner, a lawyer representing Maxwell, in a joint statement.
The court found that the four former assistants of the Public Prosecutor had been exposed in revenge due to allegations that he offended his office. (Dylan Holingsworth/Bloomberg via Getti Emaiz)
Buckston said in a statement that the judge’s ruling was “ridiculous” and “does not depend on facts or law.” He said that his office is planning to appeal the ruling.
The prosecutor was examined by the federal authorities after eight employees informed his office to the FBI in 2020 for bribery allegations. He agreed to settle the lawsuit for $ 3.3 million that the legislative body will pay, but the House of Representatives rejected its request and conducted its own investigation.
Buckston It was isolated at home In 2023, he later acquitted the Senate.
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Buckston said the judge’s ruling is “ridiculous” and “does not depend on facts or law.” (Reuters)
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In November, the state’s Supreme Court canceled a lower ruling than the court that would have been required to witness the case.
the US Department of Justice She refused to continue its investigation in Buckston in the last weeks of the Biden administration, according to Associated Press.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
