Texas court blocks Paxton testimony in whistleblower caseDALLAS — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will not have to answer questions under oath – at least for now – in a lawsuit that inspired his impeachment trial last year before the state Senate. Paxton was under a court order to sit for a deposition Thursday in a lawsuit by four former top employees who say they were improperly fired in 2020 after accusing Paxton of bribery and other crimes. However, the Texas Supreme Court – responding to an emergency petition from the attorney general’s office – issued a brief order Tuesday temporarily b…