Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Whistleblower Case Against Ken Paxton After Trump Issues Demand

The Texas Tribune reports:

The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily halted depositions that were scheduled to begin Thursday in the whistleblower case against Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The all-GOP court issued an order Tuesday staying the depositions and giving the parties until Feb. 29 to respond with their broader legal arguments. The decision was made public within hours of Paxton’s top political ally — former President Donald Trump — calling on the court to end the case.

With the deposition question before the Supreme Court, Trump allies had ramped up pressure on the court to side with Paxton. And then on Tuesday morning, Trump himself weighed in on his social media platform, Truth Social.

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The Texas Supreme Court halted depositions that were scheduled to begin Thursday in the whistleblower case against Attorney General Ken Paxton. The decision was made public within hours of former President Donald Trump calling on the court to end the case.https://t.co/jY9m79X7JV

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) January 30, 2024

On Truth Social, Trump pressures Texas Supreme Court to end Paxton whistleblower case #txlege pic.twitter.com/UlijNi4Jkw

— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) January 30, 2024