Texas’ Paxton to Apologize, Pay $3 Million to Whistleblowers (1)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton agreed to pay $3.3 million in taxpayer money to four former aides who claim they were fired after accusing him of corruption and prompting a federal probe, according to a preliminary lawsuit settlement.

The embattled Republican attorney general also agreed to make a public apology for referring to the terminated aides as “rogue employees,” a mediated agreement filed Friday with the Texas Supreme Court showed. However, he won’t admit to any of the accusations that prompted the FBI report, according to the document.

“I have chosen this path to save taxpayer dollars and ensure my ...